Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP12726

Eckadonia

Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckadonia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 15, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 9, 2021. This patent earned 6 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12726, the photograph of Eckadonia printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12726, 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
PP12726
Filed
February 9, 2001
Granted
June 25, 2002
Expires
February 15, 2021
Assignee
RANCH PAUL ECKE
Inventor
FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckadonia’, characterized by its large inflorescences with recurved pink and light pink bi-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored recurved leaves with green-colored petioles; compact, uniform and upright plant habit; freely branching habit; natural season flower maturity date is December 7 for plants grown in Encinitas, Calif.; response time, about 10 weeks; and excellent post-production 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 ‘Eckadonia’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12726 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.