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US Plant Patent PP7250

21-85

Poinsettia plant `21-85`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 3, 2008. 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
PP7250
Filed
November 3, 1988
Granted
June 19, 1990
Expires
November 3, 2008

Abstract

Described is a new Poinsettia cultivar, `21-85`, that is a vigorous, self-branching Poinsettia of medium height with large white flower bracts. `21-85` has short bract petioles which cause the bracts to be tightly clustered around the cyathia. `21-85` can be flowered in a relatively cool greenhouse, making it economical to grow commercially. `21-85` is a sport of the cultivar described in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,492.

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

What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Poinsettia cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its large white flower bracts, and short bract petioles which cause the bracts to be tightly clustered around the cyathia.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7250 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.