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US Plant Patent PP9854

HWD Spotlight

Poinsettia plant named HWD Spotlight

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
PP9854
Filed
August 17, 1995
Granted
April 8, 1997
Expires
August 17, 2015
Inventor
DUMMEN GUENTER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named HWD Spotlight, characterized by its dark red flower bracts; dark green leaves; entire, usually note lobed, flower bracts; 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 Spotlight, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9854 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.