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US Plant Patent PP4950

Pink Curly

Poinsettia named Pink Curly

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 20, 2001. 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
PP4950
Filed
April 20, 1981
Granted
November 16, 1982
Expires
April 20, 2001
Inventor
ECKE JR PAUL

Abstract

A new pink poinsettia of the "curly" type which originated as a hybrid seedling and is distinguished by the extraordinary shape of its leaves and bracts which grow abundantly on strong, straight stems of medium height. The wide bracts overlap each other in a more-or-less counterclockwise fashion and form a round cushion-like appearance atop a column of many green leaves carried on a relatively heavy stem.

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 poinsettia cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its many bracts of a solid pink overall color which appear in overlapping arrangement and tightly centered about the central cluster of flowers, the long tips of the bracts tending to form a counterclockwise swirl.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4950 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.