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US Plant Patent PP8963

Vaughn's #1

Bermuda grass `Vaughn's #1`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 25, 2013. 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
PP8963
Filed
June 25, 1993
Granted
October 25, 1994
Expires
June 25, 2013
Inventor
VAUGHN TERRELL

Abstract

A new variety of Bermuda grass characterized by its tall-growth, winter hardiness, vigorous rooting, excellent feed quality and resistance to helminthosporium leaf spot.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Bermuda grass substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its tall-growing characteristic, tis winter hardiness, its very vigorous rooting; its excellent feed quality; and resistance to helminthosporium leaf spot.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8963 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.