US Plant Patent PP25990

TESSDARK

Begonia plant named ‘TESSDARK’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 16, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 7, 2034. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP25990
Filed: April 7, 2014
Granted: October 13, 2015
Expires: May 16, 2034
Assignee: FLORENSIS B V, YATES FREDERIC C
Inventor: YATES FREDERIC C

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Begonia , ‘TESSDARK’, that is characterized by its compact, spreading, semi-pendulous plant habit, its floriferous plant habit, its flowers that are red-orange in color, its flowers with tepals that are wide and short, and its foliage that is dark green in color on the upper surface and red on the lower surface.

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 ‘TESSDARK’ as herein illustrated and described.

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