US Plant Patent PP18231
PER8603
Poinsettia plant named ‘PER8603’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 7, 2026. 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
- PP18231
- Filed
- July 7, 2006
- Granted
- November 20, 2007
- Expires
- July 7, 2026
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- KOBAYASHI RUTH
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER8603’, characterized by its uniform, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; late season flowering response; inflorescences with pink and creamy white bi-colored flower bracts; and excellent 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 Poinsettia plant named ‘PER8603’ as illustrated and described.
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