US Plant Patent PP8896
Hilite
Buffalograss plant called `Hilite` 15
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 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
- PP8896
- Filed
- October 25, 1993
- Granted
- September 13, 1994
- Expires
- October 25, 2013
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- WU LIN L
Abstract
A vegetatively reproduced perennial buffalograss cultivar was developed through mass selection from diploid (2n=20) buffalograss germplasms which is named 'Hilite' 15. It is distinguished by its fine texture, high turf density, rapid stolon spreading rate, competitive growth, short height growth, improved winter green color and short winter dormancy, summer turf quality, drought tolerance, low maintenance requirements, and improved turf performance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. I claim the new and distinct variety of buffalograss plant illustrated and described and having the characteristics above enumerated.
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