US Plant Patent PP14389

Star of David

Begonia plant named ‘Star of David’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 2, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 14, 2021. This patent earned 50 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP14389
Filed: December 14, 2001
Granted: December 16, 2003
Expires: February 2, 2022
Inventor: SNYDER DAVID W

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia rex plant, named ‘Star of David’, characterized by its juvenile flowers being a mutation with large, forty-flower clusters, resistance to disease, insects, and dampness, improved resistance to cold, and possessing a year-round duration of the flowering season.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Star of David’, as illustrated and described.

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