US Plant Patent PP11987
Ba75-173
Kentucky bluegrass designated ‘Ba75-173’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 24, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
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
- PP11987
- Filed
- May 24, 2000
- Granted
- July 10, 2001
- Expires
- May 24, 2020
- Assignee
- OMS INVESTMENTS INC
- Inventor
- MEIER VIRGIL D; BURR JAY B
Abstract
A variety of Kentucky bluegrass having a high level of resistance to melting out, a medium to high level of resistance to summer patch, stem rust and grey snowmold, a medium to dark green color throughout the growing season; good fall color, good winter color during mild winters; the ability to form a good quality turf under a wide variety of environmental conditions; good seedling vigor making it competitive with Poa annua , and a high level of seed yielding capacity.
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 Kentucky bluegrass plant, as herein illustrated and
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11987 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.