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US Plant Patent PP9951

725

Poinsettia plant named `725`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 22, 2016. 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
PP9951
Filed
March 22, 1996
Granted
July 8, 1997
Expires
March 22, 2016
Inventor
FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ

Abstract

Poinsettia `725` is a new cultivar, distinguished by dark red flower bracts, dark green foliage, self-branching characteristics, uniform growth habit and 9-week flowering response time. The new plant produces a very desirable branched flowering pot plant for the mid-season holiday market. Poinsettia `725` is resistant to epinasty after being confined to shipping containers. The post-production foliage and bract retention are 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 cultivar of Poinsettia plant, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its dark red flower bracts, dark green foliage, self-branching characteristics and uniform growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9951 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.