US Plant Patent PP9977
Ba 77-279 Kentucky Bluegrass
Ba 77-279 Kentucky Bluegrass
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 23, 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
- PP9977
- Filed
- February 23, 1996
- Granted
- July 22, 1997
- Expires
- February 23, 2016
- Assignee
- OMS INVESTMENTS INC
- Inventor
- MEIER VIRGIL D; BURR JAY B
Abstract
A variety of Kentucky Bluegrass having a high level of resistane to leaf spot and melting out disease; a medium to high level of resistance to several rust diseases and dollar spot; a dark green color throughout the growing season; a good level of drought tolerance; high quality dense persistent turf formation under a wide variety of environmental conditions; 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 high level of resistance to leaf spot and melting out disease; a medium to high level of resistance to several rust diseases and dollar spot; a dark green color throughout the growing season; a good level of drought tolerance; 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 PP9977 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.