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US Plant Patent PP12638

Doublet Red

Begonia plant named ‘Doublet Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 28, 2020. 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 PP12638, the photograph of Doublet Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12638, 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
PP12638
Filed
June 28, 2000
Granted
May 21, 2002
Expires
June 28, 2020
Assignee
OGLEVEE LTD
Inventor
WALKER JOHN TREVOR

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Doublet Red’, characterized by its somewhat upright, rounded, uniform, and compact plant habit; small dark greenish bronze leaves; freely branching, dense and bushy growth habit; continuous and very freely flowering habit; showy, fully double red-colored flowers that are displayed above and beyond the foliage; and tolerance to pathogens common to Begonias.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Begonia plant named ‘Doublet Red’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12638 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.