US Plant Patent PP23321
MBS 0006
Miscanthus plant named ‘MBS 0006’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 1, 2029.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 22, 2032, but this patent ends 1,027 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23321
- Filed
- February 22, 2012
- Granted
- January 8, 2013
- Expires
- May 1, 2029
- Assignee
- MENDEL BIOTECHNOLOGY INC, DEUTER MARTIN
- Inventor
- DEUTER MARTIN
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Miscanthus named ‘MBS 0006’ generally characterized by its rigorous growth rate, high biomass yield and high tiller density, and/or improved cold tolerance.
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 ‘MBS 0006’ substantially as herein shown and described.
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