US Plant Patent PP9244
718
Poinsettia plant `718`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 2, 2014. 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
- PP9244
- Filed
- June 2, 1994
- Granted
- August 15, 1995
- Expires
- June 2, 2014
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ
Abstract
Poinsettia `718` is a new cultivar, distinguished by rich red flower bracts, dark green foliage, self-branching characteristics, and 10-week flowering response time. The new plant produces a very desirable branched flowering pot plant for the late season holiday market. Poinsettia `718` is resistant to epinasty after being confined to shipping containers. 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 large rich red flower bracts, dark green foliage, and self-branching characteristics.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9244 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.