US Plant Patent PP11887
Eckabig
Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckabig’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 1, 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
- PP11887
- Filed
- November 1, 1999
- Granted
- May 22, 2001
- Expires
- November 1, 2019
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckabig’, characterized by its large showy dark red bracts; early flowering, response time about 8 weeks; dark green leaves with red purple petioles; upright and freely branching plant 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 ‘Eckabig’, as illustrated and described.
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