US Plant Patent PP9848
BA-74-114
`BA-74-114` Kentucky Bluegrass
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 25, 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
- PP9848
- Filed
- September 25, 1995
- Granted
- April 1, 1997
- Expires
- September 25, 2015
- Assignee
- OMS INVESTMENTS INC
- Inventor
- MEIER VIRGIL D; MAYER EUGENE W
Abstract
A variety of Kentucky Bluegrass having a medium to high level of resistance to leaf spot and melting out disease, dollar spot, rusts, stripe smut and powdery mildew; a dark green color throughout the growing season; the ability to form medium to high quality turf under a wide variety of environmental conditions; a moderately wide blade; a low growth habit; and a medium level of seed yielding capacity.
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 a broad spectrum of serious diseases, including leaf spot and melting out disease, dollar spot, rusts, stripe smut and powdery mildew; a dark green color throughout the growing season; medium to high quality turf formation under a wide variety of environmental conditions; a moderately wide blade; a low growth habit; and a medium level of seed yielding capacity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9848 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.