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US Plant Patent PP22311

Gold Breeze

Miscanthus plant named ‘Gold Breeze’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 21, 2030.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 27, 2030. This patent earned 114 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22311, the photograph of Gold Breeze printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22311, 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
PP22311
Filed
January 27, 2010
Granted
December 6, 2011
Expires
May 21, 2030
Assignee
SMITH MICHAEL VERN, HORN MAURICE R, CHRISTY SCOTT
Inventor
SMITH MICHAEL VERN; HORN MAURICE R; CHRISTY SCOTT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Miscanthus, Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gold Breeze’, that is characterized by its stiff leaf blades that are densely banded with alternating bands of creamy yellow and apple green with the banding consistent from the base to the tip of the leaf blade, its moderate plant height, its upright plant habit with foliage that is dense and bushy and resists lodging, and its late season bloom of bright purple-red inflorescences in late September to early October in Oregon.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Miscanthus plant named ‘Gold Breeze’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22311 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.