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US Plant Patent PP29313

Bad Hair Day

Panicum plant named ‘Bad Hair Day’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 28, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 7, 2036. This patent earned 51 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29313, the photograph of Bad Hair Day printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29313, 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
PP29313
Filed
November 7, 2016
Granted
May 22, 2018
Expires
December 28, 2036
Inventor
AULT JAMES ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Panicum named ‘Bad Hair Day’ that is characterized by its large plant size, its upright stems that do not lodge, its dense and large inflorescences that are pendulous and arching, its foliage that is medium yellowish green in color, and its flower glumes that are yellow-green in color, and its resistance to rust.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Panicum plant named ‘Bad Hair Day’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29313 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.