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US Plant Patent PP16943

NPCW04098

Poinsettia plant named ‘NPCW04098’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 20, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 31, 2025. This patent earned 20 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16943, the photograph of NPCW04098 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16943, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP16943
Filed
May 31, 2005
Granted
August 8, 2006
Expires
June 20, 2025
Assignee
KLEMM & SOHN GMBH & CO KG
Inventor
KLEMM NILS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘NPCW04098’, characterized by its uniform and upright plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; pink-colored flower bracts; large cyathia; early flowering habit; and good post-production longevity.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘NPCW04098’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16943 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.