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US Plant Patent PP6181

Kathe

Begonia plant named Kathe

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
PP6181
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 medium sized, heavily filled flowers of rose pink color and small, medium green, tapered leaves. The plant is characterized by rapid propagation and vigorous growth producing flowers and leaves of long persistance, excellent display, and resistance to powdery mildew.

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 Kathe, as shown and described, and particularly characterized by its medium-sized, heavily filled rose pink flowers, fast propagation, rapid flowering and its resistance to powdery mildew.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6181 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.