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US Plant Patent PP15382

Gum Drop Rose

Begonia plant named ‘Gum Drop Rose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 27, 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 106 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15382, the photograph of Gum Drop Rose printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15382, 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
PP15382
Filed
October 13, 2003
Granted
November 30, 2004
Expires
January 27, 2024
Assignee
BODGER SEEDS LTD
Inventor
SATO KAZUNORI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Gum Drop Rose’, 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 dark pink 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.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Gum Drop Rose’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15382 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.