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US Plant Patent PP6185

Mona

Begonia plant named `Mona`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 6, 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
PP6185
Filed
June 6, 1986
Granted
May 24, 1988
Expires
June 6, 2006
Inventor
HVID SOEREN

Abstract

A new and distinctive cultivar of begonia plant named Mona, characterized by its vigorous, compact growth habit; bright "light delicate rose" tepals that maintain color even under high light conditions; floriferous habit, and by its 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 Cultivar named Mona, as shown and described, and particularly characterized by its vigorous, compact growth habit; bright "light delicate rose" tepals that maintain color even under high light conditions; floriferous habit; and by its excellent keeping qualities.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6185 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.