US Plant Patent PP17979

Gala White

Poinsettia plant named ‘Gala White’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 15, 2025. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP17979
Filed: December 15, 2005
Granted: September 4, 2007
Expires: December 15, 2025
Assignee: OGLEVEE LTD
Inventor: DREWLOW LYNDON W; WILFRET GARY JOE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Gala White’, characterized by its long-lasting white colored flower bracts and dark green foliage.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Poinsettia plant named ‘Gala White’ as herein described and illustrated.

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