US Plant Patent PP17239

MB

Buffalograss plant name ‘MB’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 18, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 9, 2026. This patent earned 9 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17239, the photograph of MB printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17239, 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: PP17239
Filed: January 9, 2006
Granted: November 28, 2006
Expires: January 18, 2026
Assignee: DOGUET DAVID, LEHMAN VIRGINIA GAIL
Inventor: DOGUET DAVID; LEHMAN VIRGINIA GAIL

Abstract

An asexually reproduced variety of male or staminate perennial buffalograss distinguished by a unique combination of characters including fine leaf blade width and high tiller number at stolon nodes.

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 male or staminate buffalograss plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein, characterized particularly by a male or staminate inflorescence and high tiller production at stolon nodes.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17239 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.