US Plant Patent PP7230
8-84
Poinsettia plant `8-84`
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
- PP7230
- Filed
- October 27, 1988
- Granted
- May 15, 1990
- Expires
- October 27, 2008
Abstract
The present invention describes a Poinsettia cultivar, designated `8-84`, that is vigorous and self-branching, having a medium height with large, bicolored, red with pink-flecked flower bracts. `8-84` originated as a sport of the red bracted cultivar of plant U.S. Plant No. 5,492. `8-84` has self-branching traits which make it desirable for branched plant production, and can be flowered in a relatively cool greenhouse, making it economical to grow commercially.
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 vigorous, self-branching characteristics, and large, bicolored, red with pink flecked flower bracts.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7230 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.