US Plant Patent PP25518

Tift 40

Grass ‘Tift 40’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 20, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 13, 2033. This patent earned 160 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25518, the photograph of Tift 40 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25518, 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: PP25518
Filed: June 13, 2013
Granted: May 5, 2015
Expires: November 20, 2033
Assignee: UNIV GEORGIA
Inventor: HANNA WAYNE W; BRAMAN S KRISTINE; SCHWARTZ BRIAN M

Abstract

The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tift 40’ 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 40’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25518 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.