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US Plant Patent PP12435

Ba81-227

Kentucky bluegrass designated ‘Ba81-227’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 26, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 10, 2020. This patent earned 16 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 7 of US plant patent PP12435, the photograph of Ba81-227 printed in the patent.
Figure 7 from US Plant Patent PP12435, 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
PP12435
Filed
November 10, 2000
Granted
March 5, 2002
Expires
November 26, 2020
Assignee
OMS INVESTMENTS INC
Inventor
MEIER VIRGIL D; BURR JAY B

Abstract

A variety of Kentucky bluegrass having a medium to high level of resistance to melting out, leaf spot, summer patch, stem rust and crown rust, a medium 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 providing good sod strength and good tolerance to wear; and a medium to 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 described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12435 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.