US Plant Patent PP8168
Midfield
Midfield Bermudagrass
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 28, 2011. 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
- PP8168
- Filed
- May 28, 1991
- Granted
- March 2, 1993
- Expires
- May 28, 2011
Abstract
A triploid variety of Bermudagrass called Midfield, produces no viable seed, has superior cold hardness, excellent turf quality, and spreads more aggressively than most other turf type Bermudagrasses.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
Having thus described the invention, the following is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent: 1. A new and distinct variety of Bermudagrass as shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8168 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.