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US Plant Patent PP9740

HWD Menorca

Poinsettia plant named HWD Menorca

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 17, 2015. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP9740
Filed
August 17, 1995
Granted
December 10, 1996
Expires
August 17, 2015
Inventor
DUEMMEN GUENTER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named HWD Menorca, characterized by its bright red flower bracts; large flower bracts; large showy cyathia, large number of flower bracts per inflorescence; medium to high vigor; large leaves; freely branching plant habit; and excellent postproduction 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 HWD Menorca, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9740 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.