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Nursery or breeding house

PAUL ECKE RANCH

252 US plant patents, granted between 1982 and 2014.

On the name: these patents were filed under 2 spellings, counted together here — PAUL ECKE RANCH (149), PAUL ECKE RANCH INC (103).

Still under patent — 25 cultivars

Soonest to come off patent first. You may not propagate these for sale until the date shown.

Already in the public domain — 227 cultivars

Most recently freed first. Anyone may propagate and sell these plants — though the name it is sold under may still be a live trademark.