US Plant Patent PP8788
MBA-1
Bahiagrass plant MBA-1
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 31, 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
- PP8788
- Filed
- December 31, 1992
- Granted
- June 14, 1994
- Expires
- December 31, 2012
- Assignee
- UNIV FLORIDA
- Inventor
- MAROUSKY FRANCIS J; DUDECK ALBERT E
Abstract
A new variety of dwarf bahiagrass having desirable characteristics of slow growth and short leaves and inflorescences (seed heads). The new variety would be especially useful to reduce maintenance costs and retain aesthetics for roadside growth and home lawns.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of dwarf bahiagrass, Paspalum notatum Flugge, designated MBA-1, as shown and described characterized by its slow growth rate, limited flowering capacity, short inflorescences, and distinctive leaf blade having color designation 10.0 GY S/6 (Munsell Color Notation) wherein said leaf blade is approximately 12 cm in length and 5.9 mm in width.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8788 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.