US Plant Patent PP13838
Eckakeem
Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckakeem’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 4, 2022. 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
- PP13838
- Filed
- March 4, 2002
- Granted
- May 20, 2003
- Expires
- March 4, 2022
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckakeem’, characterized by its inflorescences with dark red-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored leaves; uniform and mounded plant habit; early flowering habit; 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 ‘Eckakeem’, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13838 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.