US Plant Patent PP37424
Smoking Gun
Panicum grass named ‘Smoking Gun’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 11, 2045.
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
- PP37424
- Filed
- December 11, 2025
- Granted
- May 12, 2026
- Expires
- December 11, 2045
- Assignee
- WALTERS GARDENS INC
- Inventor
- Hans A. Hansen
Abstract
A new and distinct plant of ornamental switch grass named Panicum ‘Smoking Gun’ with broad bluish-green foliage that retains it coloration into the fall. The foliage is upright to outwardly pointing with very little arching in the distal portion. The upright and dense culms produce tall plant with broadly-spreading airy panicles becoming tan seed heads that are retained into winter.
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