US Plant Patent PP17657

Carousel Dark Red

Poinsettia plant named ‘Carousel Dark Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 23, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 21, 2026. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17657, the photograph of Carousel Dark Red printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17657, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP17657
Filed: February 21, 2006
Granted: April 24, 2007
Expires: February 23, 2026
Assignee: FISCHER HORTICULTURE LLC
Inventor: GOTOU SHOJI

Abstract

A new poinsettia plant particularly distinguished by relatively short, deep-red bracts with curled margins forming a rosette-like inflorescence, deep-green foliage with ovate leaves and weak lobes, upright directed branches and a mid-season flowering response is disclosed.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of poinsettia plant as shown and described herein.

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