US Plant Patent PP5532
Hilda
Begonia plant named Hilda
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 1, 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
- PP5532
- Filed
- November 1, 1983
- Granted
- August 13, 1985
- Expires
- November 1, 2003
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of begonia plant named Hilda characterized by its deep red flower color; occasional pistillated flowers; ease of propagation; compact, upright growth habit, and by its floriferousness.
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 plant named Hilda, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its deep red flower color; occasional pistillated flowers; ease of propagation; compact, upright growth habit, and by its floriferousness.
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