US Plant Patent PP10572
Bright Red Freedom
Poinsettia plant `Bright Red Freedom`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 31, 2017. 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
- PP10572
- Filed
- March 31, 1997
- Granted
- August 25, 1998
- Expires
- March 31, 2017
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ
Abstract
Poinsettia "Bright Red Freedom" is a new cultivar, distinguished by bright red flower bracts, early flowering and self-branching characteristics. "Bright Red Freedom" is a naturally occurring sport of the poinsettia "490" (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,825) with the same cultural requirements. The new poinsettia produces a very desirable, early flowering, branched pot plant with bright red flower bracts that do not look "dull" under interior lighting.
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 amd distinct Poinsettia plant, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its early flowering, bright red flower bracts, dark green foliage and self branching traits.
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