US Plant Patent PP8127
Goldfinger
Poinsettia plant `Goldfinger`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 14, 2011. 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
- PP8127
- Filed
- August 14, 1991
- Granted
- February 2, 1993
- Expires
- August 14, 2011
Abstract
The present invention describes a Poinsettia cultivar, designated `Goldfinger`, that is vigorous and self-branching, having a medium to tall height with bright red flower bracts. `Goldfinger` originated as a seedling from the cross pollination of cultivar 15-84 (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,310) and cultivar `Angelika` (U.S. Plant No. 5,492). `Goldfinger` is more vigorous, and blooms earlier than `Angelika`, the cultivar it most closely resembles. `Goldfinger` has fewer bracts than `Angelika`, and they are smoother than those of `Angelika`. The cyathia retention is longer for `Goldfinger` than `Angelika`.
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 and self-branching growth habits, medium to tall height and bright red flower bracts.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8127 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.