US Plant Patent PP10163
Sophie
Poinsettia plant `Sophie`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 4, 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
- PP10163
- Filed
- April 4, 1996
- Granted
- December 23, 1997
- Expires
- April 4, 2016
- Assignee
- PAUL ECKE RANCH
- Inventor
- GROSS EDUARD
Abstract
Poinsettia `Sophie` is a new cultivar, distinguished by bright red flower bracts, strong stems, even growth habit and self-branching chaacteristics. `Sophie` is a sport of the red bracted `Angelika` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,492) with the same flowering response and cultural requirements. The new plant produces a very desirable branched flowering pot plant. The new plant is resistant to epinasty after being confined to shipping containers. The post-production foliage and bract retention are good.
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 variety of Poinsettia plant, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by its strong even growth habit, rounded red flower bracts, self branching and good leaf and bract retention in the consumer environment.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10163 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.