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US Plant Patent PP25514

Tift 11

Grass ‘Tift 11’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 13, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 13, 2033. This patent earned 153 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25514, the photograph of Tift 11 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25514, 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
PP25514
Filed
June 13, 2013
Granted
May 5, 2015
Expires
November 13, 2033
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA
Inventor
HANNA WAYNE W; BRAMAN S KRISTINE; SCHWARTZ BRIAN M

Abstract

The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tift 11’ is provided. The new and distinct variety has high ornamental value, cold tolerance for short periods of time, and disease resistance. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of the Pennisetum plant named ‘Tift 11’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25514 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.