US Plant Patent PP6980
Red Sails
Distinct variety of Poinsettia named Red Sails
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 19, 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
- PP6980
- Filed
- August 19, 1988
- Granted
- August 8, 1989
- Expires
- August 19, 2008
Abstract
A Poinsettia plant named Red Sails is particularly characterized by its brilliant crimson bracts against a background of dark green foliage, its strong, fixed stems and its long lasting keeping qualities in the home. It also has excellent resistance to fade and vigorous growth habits including branch and bract production.
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 Poinsettia plant as herein shown and described, and particularly characterized by its brilliant crimson bracts against a background of dark green foliage, its strong, fixed stems, its long lasting keeping qualities in the home, its excellent resistance to fade, vigorous growth habits and its branch and bract production.
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