US Plant Patent PP5279
Agnes Kennison
Begonia plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 11, 2003. 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
- PP5279
- Filed
- January 11, 1983
- Granted
- September 4, 1984
- Expires
- January 11, 2003
- Inventor
- LUND SHIRLEY J
Abstract
A begonia cultivar Agnes Kennison distinguishable from its parent Begonia X erythrophylla commonly referred to as Beefsteak Begonia, by the colorful pink, cream and green variegated leaves.
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 known by the cultivar name Agnes Kennison and particularly characterized as to hardiness and uniqueness of leaf coloration and color pattern, with the leaves being variegated patterned with random areas of pink, cream and one or more shades of green.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5279 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.