US Plant Patent PP17257

WALEUPHRUD

Euphorbia plant named ‘WALEUPHRUD’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 12, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 26, 2025. This patent earned 16 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17257
Filed: September 26, 2005
Granted: December 5, 2006
Expires: October 12, 2025
Assignee: TRISTAM DAVID
Inventor: TRISTAM DAVID

Abstract

A new cultivar of Euphorbia named ‘WALEUPHRUD’ that is distinguishable by compact habit, grey-green leaves, shoots of bright red winter bract-leaves, and yellow-green flowers with red centers. In combination these traits set ‘WALEUPHRUD’ apart from all other existing varieties of Euphorbia known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named ‘WALEUPHRUD’ as described and illustrated herein.

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