US Plant Patent PP7231
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Poinsettia plant `221`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 27, 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
- PP7231
- Filed
- October 27, 1988
- Granted
- May 15, 1990
- Expires
- October 27, 2008
Abstract
Described is new Poinsettia cultivar, designated `221`, of medium height, having self-branching traits which enhance its value as a flowing branched plant. `221` is particularly distinguished by its large, attractive peppermint colored bracts, comprised of a pink base color, with small, uniformly scattered red flecks.
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 peppermint colored flower bracts, comprised of a pink base color with small, uniformly scattered, red flecks.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7231 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.