US Plant Patent PP11876
Eckaban
Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckaban’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 27, 2019. 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
- PP11876
- Filed
- October 27, 1999
- Granted
- May 15, 2001
- Expires
- October 27, 2019
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckaban’, characterized by its large showy bright red bracts that are held slightly upright and are flat to slightly concave; relatively early flowering; response time about 8.5 weeks; freely flowering habit; dark green leaves with red purple petioles; upright, spreading and mounding plant habit; very freely branching habit; and excellent postproduction longevity.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckaban’, as illustrated and described.
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