US Plant Patent PP15193

Gold Bar

Miscanthus plant named ‘Gold Bar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 5, 2024. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP15193
Filed: January 5, 2004
Granted: September 28, 2004
Expires: January 5, 2024
Inventor: SMITH MICHAEL VERN; HORN MAURICE; CHRISTY SCOTT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Miscanthus, Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gold Bar’, that is characterized by its densely banded creamy yellow and green foliage, its short stature, its dense and upright plant habit, and its late season bloom.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Miscanthus plant named ‘Gold Bar’ as herein illustrated and described.

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