US Plant Patent PP10925
Ba74-17
Kentucky Bluegrass, named `Ba74-17`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 14, 2017. 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
- PP10925
- Filed
- October 14, 1997
- Granted
- May 25, 1999
- Expires
- October 14, 2017
- 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 leaf spot and melting out, leaf rust, Fusarium patch and red thread; a dark green color throughout the growing season; the ability to form a medium to high quality turf under a variety of environmental conditions; short growth and a high 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 variety of Kentucky Bluegrass, substantially as shown and described, characterized by a medium to high level of resistance to a broad spectrum of serious diseases including leaf spot and melting out, leaf rust, Fusarium patch and red thread; a dark green color throughout the growing season; a medium to high quality turf formation under a wide variety of environmental conditions; short growth and a high level of seed yielding capacity.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10925 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.