US Plant Patent PP8490
Ba 73-540
BA 73-540 Kentucky Bluegrass
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 14, 2012. 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
- PP8490
- Filed
- January 14, 1992
- Granted
- December 7, 1993
- Expires
- January 14, 2012
- Assignee
- SCOTT & SONS CO O M
- Inventor
- MEIER VIRGIL D; MAYER EUGENE W
Abstract
A variety of Kentucky bluegrass having a medium to high level of disease resistance strong sod forming ability, high quality dense persistent turf formation properties under a wide variety of environmental conditions and a medium level of seed yield potential.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A variety of Kentucky bluegrass plant, substantially as shown and described, characterized by a medium to high level of resistance to several serious diseases, including leaf spot disease (also known as melting out disease), various rusts, dollarspot, snowmold and powdery mildew; a desirable green color throughout the growing season; a strong sod forming ability; high quality dense persistent turf formation under a wide variety of environmental conditions; and a medium level of seed yielding capacity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8490 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.