US Plant Patent PP9990
Variegated-Leaf Success
Poinsettia plant named `Variegated-Leaf Success`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 22, 2016. 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
- PP9990
- Filed
- March 22, 1996
- Granted
- August 5, 1997
- Expires
- March 22, 2016
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- FRUEHWIRTH FRANZ
Abstract
Poinsettia `Variegated-Leaf Success` is a new cultivar, distinguished by bright red flower bracts, variegted multi-colored foliage, and self-branching characteristics. `Variegated-Leaf Success` is a sport of the poinsettia `559` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,773) with the same cultural requirements. It has a shorter growth habit than `559`. The new plant produces a unique branched pot plant.
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 cultivar of poinsettia plant, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its variegated tri-colored foliage, bright red flower bracts and self branching traits.
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