US Plant Patent PP10764
Poinsettia plant named Liberty Red
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 28, 2017. 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
- PP10764
- Filed
- April 28, 1997
- Granted
- January 26, 1999
- Expires
- April 28, 2017
- Assignee
- KONINKL HANDELSKWEKERIJ WEDUWE
- Inventor
- DIDDEN FRANS
No cultivar name of record
This patent does not name the plant, which is unusual for its date — by the mid-1990s nearly every plant patent carried a cultivar name. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.
Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named `Liberty Red`, characterized by its dark red bracts with pronounced lobing; bracts held horizontal or slightly upright; compact and uniform growth habit requiring few plant growth retardant applications; freely branching; dark green leaves with pronounced lobing; early flowering, short response time; and very good 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 `Liberty Red`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10764 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.