US Plant Patent PP18585

Bonfire

Euphorbia plant named ‘Bonfire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 2, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 31, 2025. This patent earned 214 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18585
Filed: December 31, 2005
Granted: March 11, 2008
Expires: August 2, 2026
Assignee: LIMEROCK PLANT FARM INC
Inventor: FARIA MARY ANN

Abstract

Anew and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named ‘Bonfire’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark red purple-colored foliage; yellow to red-colored foral bracts; and tightly clustered cyathia.

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

1. A new and distinct Euphorbia plant named ‘Bonfire’, as illustrated and described.

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