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US Plant Patent PP5391

Ellen

Begonia plant named Ellen

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 20, 2003. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP5391
Filed
June 20, 1983
Granted
January 15, 1985
Expires
June 20, 2003
Inventor
SCHELBECK ERLAND V

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of begonia named Ellen characterized by its large flower size and compound inflorescence, brilliant and uniform red flower color, fast propagation, rapid flowering, and its foliage which is infused with maroon in margins and underside.

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 cultivar of begonia named Ellen, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its large flower size and compound inflorescence, brilliant and uniform red flower color, fast propagation, rapid flowering, and its foliage which is infused with maroon in margins and underside.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5391 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.