US Plant Patent PP18247

Premier

Bermudagrass plant named ‘Premier’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 23, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 2, 2024. This patent earned 599 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18247
Filed: February 2, 2004
Granted: November 27, 2007
Expires: September 23, 2025
Assignee: LEHMAN VIRGINIA GAIL, PARSONS DONALD LA VERNE
Inventor: PARSONS DONALD LA VERNE; LEHMAN VIRGINIA GAIL

Abstract

An asexually reproduced variety of perennial bermudagrass with a unique combination of characters including fine blade width and medium internode length.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of bermudagrass plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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