US Plant Patent PP4235
Gutbier V-10
Poinsettia plant named Gutbier V-10
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 4, 1995. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 27, 1997, but this patent ends 784 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4235
- Filed
- May 27, 1977
- Granted
- April 4, 1978
- Expires
- April 4, 1995
- Assignee
- ECKE JR PAUL
- Inventor
- GUTBIER GREGOR
Abstract
A new cultivar of poinsettia plant distinguished by its shorter than average growth habit and its ability to bloom in 8 to 9 weeks at a night temperature in the range of 14° to 16° C. with a prolific production of medium red bracts which have a unique arched appearance. When grown as a branched or pinched plant, this cultivar produces more branches or shoots than any poinsettia heretofore known; and when grown as a single stem plant, it produces a great number of side shoots which greatly enhances its beauty. In general appearance, this new variety is unique and different in many respects from any poinsettia ever before produced.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive red poinsettia cultivar substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its short and rapid habit of growth, its easy self-branching, the unique arched shape and abundance of the bracts, its easy branching habit, and its early blooming habit at low temperatures.
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