US Plant Patent PP13595

Firecracker

Cuphea plant named ‘Firecracker’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 28, 2021. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP13595
Filed: March 28, 2001
Granted: February 25, 2003
Expires: March 28, 2021
Inventor: UNGER MICHAEL HELMET

Abstract

A new and distinct Cuphea plant named "Firecracker', characterized by its vigorous trailing habit, dark red flowers with purple centers and dark green 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 Cuphea plant named ‘Firecracker’ substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) Exhibits a trailing habit, (b) Forms dark red flowers with purple center, and (c) Exhibits a vigorous growth habit.

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