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US Plant Patent PP6179

Jane

Begonia plant named Jane

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 10, 2006. 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
PP6179
Filed
March 10, 1986
Granted
May 17, 1988
Expires
March 10, 2006
Inventor
HVID SOEREN

Abstract

A new and distinctive cultivar of begonia plant bearing fully-filled flowers in a nice rose color against a compact background of small leaves with a reddish green color. The plant is characterized by vigorous and floriferous growth, producing flowers and leaves of long persistence, excellent display, and excellent keeping qualities.

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 hiemalis plant named Jane, as shown and described, and particularly characterized by its compact growth, small leaves with a reddish green color and fully filled flowers in a nice rose color; floriferous habit and by its excellent keeping qualities.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6179 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.