US Plant Patent PP22254

Tift-8

Ornamental grass ‘Tift-8’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 17, 2030.

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: PP22254
Filed: June 17, 2010
Granted: November 15, 2011
Expires: June 17, 2030
Assignee: UNIV GEORGIA, BRAMAN S KRISTINE, HANNA WAYNE WILLIAM, SCHWARTZ BRIAN MATTHEW
Inventor: HANNA WAYNE WILLIAM; BRAMAN S KRISTINE; SCHWARTZ BRIAN MATTHEW

Abstract

The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tift 8’ is provided. The new and distinct variety has high ornamental value; cold tolerance for short periods of time; and relatively long trichomes on the sheath and at the leaf blade edge at the collar. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of the Pennisetum plant named ‘Tift 8’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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