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US Plant Patent PP15849

Eckcory

Euphorbia interspecific hybrid plant named ‘Eckcory’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 10, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 6, 2021. This patent earned 185 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15849, the photograph of Eckcory printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15849, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP15849
Filed
September 6, 2001
Granted
July 12, 2005
Expires
March 10, 2022
Inventor
KOBAYASHI RUTH

Abstract

The variety “Eckcory” is a new and distinct interspecific hybrid plant. The plant is characterized by clean and dark green foliage, eliptical leaves that have acute bases and acuminate tips, brightly colored pink and white brachts and strong lateral branching.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Euphorbia interspecific hybrid plant variety named “Eckcory” as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15849 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.