US Plant Patent PP8259

Peterstar

Poinsettia plant `Peterstar`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 10, 2011. 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: PP8259
Filed: July 10, 1991
Granted: June 15, 1993
Expires: July 10, 2011

Abstract

This new Poinsettia cultivar, designated `Peterstar`, is vigorous and self-branching, having a medium height and bright red flower bracts. `Peterstar` originated as an induced mutation of `Angelika` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,492). `Peterstar` is shorter and blooms earlier than `Angelika`, the cultivar it most closely resembles. The bracts are wider and smoother than those of `Angelika`.

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 Poinsettia cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its vigorous and self-branching growth habits, medium height and bright red flower bracts.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8259 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.