US Plant Patent PP31176
Tift PA19
Grass named ‘Tift PA19’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 6, 2038.
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
- PP31176
- Filed
- March 6, 2018
- Granted
- December 3, 2019
- Expires
- March 6, 2038
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA
- Inventor
- HANNA WAYNE W; SCHWARTZ BRIAN M
Abstract
A new variety of Pennisetum alopecuroides plant named ‘Tift PA19’ produces a reduced number of seeds, making it less invasive.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Pennisetum alopecuroides plant named ‘Tift PA19’, as illustrated and described herein.
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