US Plant Patent PP15108

Bonfire

Begonia plant named ‘Bonfire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 27, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15108, the photograph of Bonfire printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15108, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP15108
Filed: February 27, 2003
Granted: August 24, 2004
Expires: February 27, 2023
Assignee: NZ INST FOR CROP & FOOD RES
Inventor: CROSS RICHARD JAMES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia named ‘Bonfire’ comprised of hairs on both the upper and lower leaf surface; bright orange-red flower color, RHS 40A; and red margin on serrated leaf edge.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Begonia plant named ‘Bonfire’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15108 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.