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US Plant Patent PP15514

Gum Drop Red

Begonia plant named ‘Gum Drop Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 28, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 13, 2023. This patent earned 167 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15514, the photograph of Gum Drop Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15514, 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
PP15514
Filed
October 13, 2003
Granted
February 1, 2005
Expires
March 28, 2024
Assignee
BODGER SEEDS LTD
Inventor
SATO KAZUNORI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Gum Drop Red’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniform plant habit; freely branching growth habit, dense and bushy growth habit; green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit with numerous flowers per plant; and small mostly double flowers that are red in color and held above and beyond the foliage.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Gum Drop Red’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15514 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.