US Plant Patent PP13856

Eckalba

Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckalba’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13856, the photograph of Eckalba printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13856, 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: PP13856
Filed: March 4, 2002
Granted: June 3, 2003
Expires: March 4, 2022
Assignee: PAUL ECKE RANCH
Inventor: FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Eckalba’, characterized by its inflorescences with bright 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 ‘Eckalba’, as illustrated and described.

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