US Plant Patent PP17022

Stargazer

Poinsettia plant named ‘Stargazer’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2025. This patent earned 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17022
Filed: June 6, 2005
Granted: August 22, 2006
Expires: June 30, 2025
Assignee: AGRIOM B V
Inventor: ARTS NIELS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Stargazer’, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; dark red-colored flower bracts; early flowering habit; excellent post-production longevity; and relatively tolerant to low temperatures.

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 ‘Stargazer’, as illustrated and described.

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