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US Plant Patent PP20812

BA-417

Centipedegrass plant named ‘BA-417’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 7, 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 PP20812, the photograph of BA-417 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20812, 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
PP20812
Filed
January 7, 2008
Granted
March 9, 2010
Expires
January 7, 2028
Assignee
KENWORTHY KEVIN E, BEIRIGER ROBERT LEE, NAGATA RUSSELL TOSHIO, SCULLY BRIAN THOMAS, UNRUH JOSEPH BRYAN
Inventor
SCULLY BRIAN THOMAS; BEIRIGER ROBERT LEE; KENWORTHY KEVIN E; UNRUH JOSEPH BRYAN; NAGATA RUSSELL TOSHIO

Abstract

A newly discovered, and asexually prorogated genotype of Centipedegrass with a distinct set of agronomic, horticultural, and morphological traits.

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

1. A new and distinct genotype of Centipedegrass plant with a more refined leaf structure as demonstrated by significantly shorter and narrower leaves than the standard vegetatively propagated varieties of centipedegrass.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20812 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.