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US Plant Patent PP21017

ST-5

Bermudagrass ‘ST-5’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 19, 2028.

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 PP21017, the photograph of ST-5 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21017, 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
PP21017
Filed
August 19, 2008
Granted
May 25, 2010
Expires
August 19, 2028
Inventor
HANNA WAYNE WILLIAM; BRAMAN S KRISTINE

Abstract

Bermudagrass ‘ST-5’ is provided. The new and distinct dwarf variety has excellent shade tolerance, superior tawny mole cricket non-preference, small seed heads, and thrives in hot and humid conditions. The asexually reproduced triploid variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

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

1. The new and distinct variety of the bermudagrass ‘ST-5’ plant as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21017 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.