US Plant Patent PP10503
Pinto
Begonia plant named `Pinto`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 6, 2017. 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
- PP10503
- Filed
- March 6, 1997
- Granted
- July 14, 1998
- Expires
- March 6, 2017
- Assignee
- BEGONIA BREEDERS ASSOC B V
- Inventor
- DE RIDDER GEERT J W
Abstract
A distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named `Pinto`, characterized by its large, attractive light pink fully double flowers that are about 8.5 cm in diameter; resistance to powdery mildew under commercial greenhouse conditions; and excellent postproduction longevity.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named `Pinto`, as illustrated and described.
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