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US Plant Patent PP8162

Midlawn

Midlawn 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
PP8162
Filed
May 28, 1991
Granted
February 23, 1993
Expires
May 28, 2011

Abstract

A triploid variety of Bermudagrass called Midlawn, produces no viable seed, has superior cold hardiness, excellent turf quality, with fine texture, dark green color, good sod density and is slower spreading than Midiron and other, similar turf type Bermudagrass.

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 PP8162 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.