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US Plant Patent PP14526

Ted's Red

Poinsettia plant named ‘Ted's Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 20, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14526, the photograph of Ted's Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14526, 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
PP14526
Filed
December 20, 2002
Granted
February 10, 2004
Expires
December 20, 2022
Assignee
PETERSEN & TIETZ FLORISTS & GR
Inventor
DESILVA HEIDI TIETZ

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Ted's Red’, characterized by its uniform, compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; narrow branching angle that reduces stem breakage; inflorescences with upright red-colored flower bracts; relatively late flowering; and excellent post-production longevity; flower bracts resist fading.

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 ‘Ted's Red’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14526 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.