US Plant Patent PP5539
Imke
Begonia plant named Imke
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
- PP5539
- Filed
- November 1, 1983
- Granted
- August 20, 1985
- Expires
- November 1, 2003
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of begonia plant named Imke characterized by its medium pink flower color, double flower form, tending to nearly single in periods of low light, compact and vigorous growth habit, and florierousness.
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 Imke, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its medium pink flower color; double flower form, tending to nearly single in periods of low light; compact and vigorous growth habit, and floriferousness.
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