US Plant Patent PP7039
Aprigold
Distinct variety of begonia plant named Aprigold
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 29, 2008. 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
- PP7039
- Filed
- September 29, 1988
- Granted
- September 19, 1989
- Expires
- September 29, 2008
Abstract
The new cultivar is generally characterized by its short compact form and extensive basal branching. Plant growth is vigorous. Flowers are brightly colored and clean in appearance. The plant is highly floriferous and the entire plant becomes covered with bloom. The new cultivar has a contrasting appearance from the dark foliage to the brightly colored orange hue with soft yellow-gold overtones of the bloom.
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 variety of begonia characterized by short compact form and extensive basal branching, vigorous plant growth and floriferousness and a contrasting orange hue with soft yellow-gold overtones bloom to the dark green foliage as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7039 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.