US Plant Patent PP8773
559
Poinsettia plant "559"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 7, 2013. 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
- PP8773
- Filed
- May 7, 1993
- Granted
- June 7, 1994
- Expires
- May 7, 2013
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ
Abstract
Poinsettia "559" is a new cultivar, distinguished by unusually smooth, rich red flower bracts, dark green foliage and self-branching characteristics. The new plant produces a very desirable branched flowering pot plant. Poinsettia "559" is resistant to epinasty after being confined to shipping containers and recovers rapidly if the plant does become epinastic. The post-production foliage and bract retention is excellent even under low light intensities in the consumer's home.
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, distinguished by its unusually smooth, large rich red flower bracts, dark green foliage, and self-branching characteristics.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8773 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.