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US Plant Patent PP15126

Gum Drop White

Begonia plant named ‘Gum Drop White’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 13, 2023. 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 PP15126, the photograph of Gum Drop White printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15126, 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
PP15126
Filed
October 13, 2003
Granted
August 31, 2004
Expires
October 13, 2023
Assignee
BODGER SEEDS LTD
Inventor
SATO KAZUNORI

Abstract

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15126 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.