US Plant Patent PP8273
268 Marble
Poinsettia named `268 Marble`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 15, 2011. 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
- PP8273
- Filed
- July 15, 1991
- Granted
- June 22, 1993
- Expires
- July 15, 2011
Abstract
This new Poinsettia cultivar, designated `268 Marble`, is a vigorous plant with large, erect, bicolored pink and white flower bracts. Cultivar `268 Marble` is a sport of the red bracted cultivar `268` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,275). `268 Marble`, like its parent `268`, is unique because the flower bracts remain erect and do not droop, even after commercial shipping and handling or as the flowers mature. It always looks "fresh" which adds to its beauty and increases its value as a consumer product. Poinsettia `268 Marble` has the same flowering response time and cultural requirements as its parent `268`.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct Poinsettia cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its large bicolored pink and white, erect flower bracts, and self-branching traits.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8273 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.