US Plant Patent PP7043
Sonata
Distinct variety of Begonia plant named Sonata
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
- PP7043
- Filed
- September 29, 1988
- Granted
- October 3, 1989
- Expires
- September 29, 2008
Abstract
A new Begonia variety is characterized by its vigorous growth and flowering. The plant is highly floriferous and the entire plant becomes covered with bloom. The new cultivar is long lasting and has a visually pleasing contrast between the creamy white flower and the dark foliage.
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 long lasting and abundant floriferousness, vigorous growth and flowering, contrast between creamy white flower and dark foliage as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7043 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.