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US Plant Patent PP13614

PLA0002BEG

Begonia plant named ‘PLA0002BEG’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 17, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13614, the photograph of PLA0002BEG printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13614, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP13614
Filed
July 17, 2001
Granted
March 4, 2003
Expires
July 17, 2021
Assignee
GENPLANT B V
Inventor
MOOLENAAR ALFRED NICOL

Abstract

A distinct begonia plant named ‘PLA0002BEG’ characterized by its red/purple-eyed leaves. This Begonia is commercially grown for its leaves, its flowers are small and short lasting. The flowers of the parent germplasm grow far above the leaf, in contrast to the flowers of ‘PLA0002BEG’ which grow beneath the leaf. ‘PLA0002BEG’ grows much more compact and fuller, has much smaller leaves than the parent germplasm, and is homogenous.

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 plant named ‘PLA0002BEG’ as

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13614 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.