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US Plant Patent PP9886

White Sails

Poinsettia plant named `White Sails`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 26, 2015. 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
PP9886
Filed
September 26, 1995
Granted
May 6, 1997
Expires
September 26, 2015
Inventor
LEIGHFIELD WILLIAM

Abstract

A poinsettia plant named "White Sails" particulaly characterized by is brilliant cream colored bracts agains a background of dark green foliage, its strong, fixed stems, its long lasting keeping qualities in the home, its excellent resisance to fade, vigorous growth habits and its branch and bract production.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of poinsettia plant as herein shown and described, particularly characterized by its brilliant cream colored bracts against a background of dark green foliage, its strong, fixed stems, its long lasting keeping qualities in the home, its excellent resistance to fade, vigorous growth habits and its branch and bract production.

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