US Plant Patent PP16869

Fisnovired

Poinsettia plant named ‘Fisnovired’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 6, 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 94 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16869, the photograph of Fisnovired printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16869, 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: PP16869
Filed: March 4, 2005
Granted: July 25, 2006
Expires: June 6, 2025
Assignee: FLORFIS AG
Inventor: ZERR KATHARINA

Abstract

A Poinsettia cultivar particularly distinguished by its deep red bract color without any bluish tint, dark green leaves with moderate lobes, and medium-sized bracts arranged in a tight and nearly flat rosette 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.

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