US Plant Patent PP9640
Sun Star
Corn plant named `Sun Star`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 31, 2015. 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
- PP9640
- Filed
- May 31, 1995
- Granted
- September 3, 1996
- Expires
- May 31, 2015
- Inventor
- EUBANKS MARY W
Abstract
A new and distinct corn plant which is the product of a cross between diploid Tripsacum dactyloides and Zea diploperennis, a diploid perennial teosinte. This plant is fertile, has proven to be cross compatible with Zea mays L. and offers an avenue to expand the gene pool for commercial corn varieties. The instant plant is perennial, offers resistance to corn rootworm, remarkable drought tolerance, and prolific production of fruit.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of corn plant, substantially as herein shown and described characterized by its profuse production of fruit, perennial habit, resistance to corn rootworm, and strong tolerance to drought and high temperatures.
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