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.

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.
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