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US Plant Patent PP16945

Fisholly

Poinsettia plant named ‘Fisholly’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 24, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 4, 2025. This patent earned 81 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16945, the photograph of Fisholly printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16945, 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
PP16945
Filed
March 4, 2005
Granted
August 8, 2006
Expires
May 24, 2025
Assignee
FLORFIS AG
Inventor
ZERR KATHARINA

Abstract

A Poinsettia cultivar particularly distinguished by its pink bract color with white margins, numerous relatively large cyathia, and compact to medium-sized round plant habit is disclosed.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16945 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.