US Plant Patent PP5161
Lyric
Begonia plant named Lyric
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 15, 2002. 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
- PP5161
- Filed
- September 15, 1982
- Granted
- December 20, 1983
- Expires
- September 15, 2002
- Assignee
- MIKKELSENS INC
- Inventor
- MIKKELSEN JAMES C
Abstract
A begonia named Lyric having white double flowers, dark green, firm to crisp glabrous foliage with serrated edges, excellent keeping qualities, and continuous year round flowering.
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 named Lyric, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its double white flowers with ruffled edges; dark green, firm to crisp glabrous foliage with serrated edges; excellent keeping qualities, and continuous year round flowering.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5161 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.