US Plant Patent PP8735
Gutbier Marlene
Poinsettia plant Gutbier Marlene
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 30, 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
- PP8735
- Filed
- April 30, 1993
- Granted
- May 17, 1994
- Expires
- April 30, 2013
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- GUTBIER GREGOR
Abstract
Gutbier Marlene is a new cultivar distinguished by bright brick red bracts, self branching and compact growth habit. The new plant is tolerant to temperatures down to 10° C. showing intensified bract color under cool conditions. Bract retention is long, typically lasting for several months.
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 described and shown, characterized by its brick-red bract color, vigorous self branching and compact habit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8735 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.