US Plant Patent PP5158
Encore
Begonia plant named Encore
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 15, 2002. 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
- PP5158
- Filed
- September 15, 1982
- Granted
- December 13, 1983
- Expires
- September 15, 2002
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C
Abstract
A begonia named Encore having bright pink double flowers, dark green, firm to crisp glabrous foliage with sharp and distinct serrated edges; above average keeping qualities, and having continuous year round flowering.
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 Encore, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its bright pink double flowers, dark green, firm to crisp glabrous foliage with serrated edges; excellent keeping qualities, and by its continuous year round flowering.
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