US Plant Patent PP13008

Little Zebra

Miscanthus sinensis plant named ‘Little Zebra’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 30, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 19, 2021. This patent earned 11 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13008, the photograph of Little Zebra printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13008, 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: PP13008
Filed: March 19, 2001
Granted: September 24, 2002
Expires: March 30, 2021
Assignee: HORTECH INC
Inventor: WALSH THOMAS M

Abstract

A Japanese silver grass named ‘Little Zebra’, characterized by its narrow, green and yellow banded foliage, dwarf habit, and silvery white late-summerborne flowers.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Japanese silver grass plant named Little Zebra , as described and illustrated.

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