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US Plant Patent PP23732

Ruby Frost

Poinsettia plant named ‘Ruby Frost’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 10, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 19, 2030. This patent earned 417 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23732, the photograph of Ruby Frost printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23732, 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
PP23732
Filed
April 19, 2010
Granted
July 9, 2013
Expires
June 10, 2031
Assignee
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG, VON DANWITZ MARITA
Inventor
VON DANWITZ MARITA

Abstract

A new Poinsettia plant named ‘Ruby Frost,’ particularly distinguished by the variegated red and white bract color, medium sized inflorescences held well above the foliage canopy, medium to deep green foliage that are ovate to oak-shaped bracts and leaves with pointed lobes, medium sized, well-branched and mounding plant habit, mid-season flowering response, and good keeping quality of foliage and bracts.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Poinsettia plant named ‘Ruby Frost,’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23732 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.