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US Plant Patent PP9602

3-91

Poinsettia plant `3-91`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 26, 2015. 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
PP9602
Filed
May 26, 1995
Granted
July 9, 1996
Expires
May 26, 2015
Inventor
FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ

Abstract

Poinsettia `3-91` is a new cultivar, distinguished by blushed red flower bracts and self-branching characteristics. `3-91` is a color sport of the bicolored poinsettia `135` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,234) with the same flowering response and cultural requirements. The new plant produces a very desirable branched flowering pot plant.

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 plant, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its blushed red flower bracts and self-branching traits.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9602 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.