US Plant Patent PP12721
Jacadia
Poinsettia plant named ‘Jacadia’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 15, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 9, 2021. This patent earned 6 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP12721
- Filed
- February 9, 2001
- Granted
- June 25, 2002
- Expires
- February 15, 2021
- Assignee
- RANCH PAUL ECKE
- Inventor
- JACOBSEN AASE
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Jacadia’, characterized by its large inflorescences with bright red-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored leaves with burgundy-colored petioles; compact, uniform, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; very freely branching habit; early flowering, natural season flower maturity date is November 22 for plants grown in Encinitas, Calif.; response time, about 8 weeks; and excellent post-production 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 ‘Jacadia’, as illustrated and described.
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