US Plant Patent PP10290
MS-Pride
`MS-Pride` Bermudagrass
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 4, 2016. 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
- PP10290
- Filed
- January 4, 1996
- Granted
- March 17, 1998
- Expires
- January 4, 2016
- Assignee
- UNIV MISSISSIPPI
- Inventor
- KRANS JEFFREY V; PHILLEY H WAYNE
Abstract
An improved Bermudagrass plant, having superior properties, suitable for a variety of turf applications, is disclosed. The Bermudagrass is characterized by a medium to dark green color, short-head density, low seed-head density, fine-leaf texture, excellent fall color retention, excellent sod strength, average cold tolerance, good shape tolerance as compared to other Bermudagrasses, excellent dollar spot and leaf-spot resistance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A Bermudagrass plant substantially as described and illustrated in the specification herein.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10290 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.