US Plant Patent PP17356

Density

Buffalograss plant named ‘Density’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 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 17, 2026. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17356
Filed: January 17, 2006
Granted: January 16, 2007
Expires: March 18, 2026
Assignee: DOGUET DAVID, LEHMAN VIRGINIA
Inventor: DOGUET DAVID; LEHMAN VIRGINIA

Abstract

An asexually reproduced variety of female perennial buffalograss distinguished by a unique combination of characters including female inflorescence, shorter plant canopy, and shorter stolon internode lengths.

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 female buffalograss plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein, characterized particularly by a female inflorescence, shorter plant canopy, and shorter stolon internode lengths.

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