US Plant Patent PP11890
Eckacton
Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckacton’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 2, 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
- PP11890
- Filed
- November 2, 1999
- Granted
- May 22, 2001
- Expires
- November 2, 2019
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckacton’, characterized by its bright red bracts; early flowering, response time about 8.5 weeks; freely flowering habit; medium green leaves; upright, spreading, compact and freely branching plant habit; rounded canopy; 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 ‘Eckacton’, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11890 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.