US Plant Patent PP6415
Petra
Distinct variety of Begonia plant named Petra
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 14, 2006. 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
- PP6415
- Filed
- July 14, 1986
- Granted
- November 22, 1988
- Expires
- July 14, 2006
- Assignee
- OGLEVEE ASSOCIATES INC
- Inventor
- MAN JAN
Abstract
A new Begonia variety is characterized by its naturally short, compact plant with extensive and vigorously formed branches which are strong. The contrast between the orange flowers and dark green foliage is very pleasing. The new cultivar has a high tolerance to botrytis and powdery mildew.
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 its naturally short, compact plant with extensive and vigorously formed branches which are strong, the contrast between the orange flowers and dark green foliage being very pleasing, and high tolerance to botrytis and powdery mildew as herein shown and described and parts therefor.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6415 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.