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US Plant Patent PP18005

RJT

Bermuda grass named ‘RJT’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 10, 2025. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18005, the photograph of RJT printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18005, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP18005
Filed
June 10, 2005
Granted
September 11, 2007
Expires
June 10, 2025
Assignee
BENNETT STEWART T, JONES I RANDALL L, JONES II RANDALL L
Inventor
JONES I RANDALL L; JONES II RANDALL L; BENNETT STEWART T

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of dwarf Bermuda grass, named RJT, is described and illustrated herein. The cultivar is characterized by its very fine texture when closely mown, the retention of its fine texture at higher heights of cut, its low nutrient needs, its very low thatching characteristics as compared to other dwarf Bermuda grasses, and its prolonged proven stability against mutation.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Bermuda grass plant, named ‘RJT’, as herein illustrated and described, characterized by its very fine texture when closely mown, the retention of its fine texture at higher heights of cut, its low nutrient needs, its very low thatching characteristics as compared to other dwarf Bermuda grasses, and its prolonged proven stability against mutation.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18005 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.