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US Plant Patent PP19974

Emerald Dwarf

Hybrid Bermudagrass plant named ‘Emerald Dwarf’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 22, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 27, 2027. This patent earned 86 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19974, the photograph of Emerald Dwarf printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19974, 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
PP19974
Filed
April 27, 2007
Granted
May 5, 2009
Expires
July 22, 2027
Assignee
COASTAL TURF INC
Inventor
BROWN RICHARD MORRIS; BROWN MICHAEL ANDREW; BROWN SCOTT DEREK

Abstract

A hybrid Bermudagrass cultivar, named ‘Emerald Dwarf,’ is distinguished by greater rhizome development and rooting depth in conjunction with low surface stolon development. The cultivar is especially suited to golf greens.

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

1. A new and distinct Bermudagrass plant, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by greater rhizome development and rooting depth in conjunction with low surface stolon development, yet having shoot density sufficient to enable it to withstand mowing at very low putting green heights.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19974 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.