US Plant Patent PP28192

Blue Fountain

Panicum plant named ‘Blue Fountain’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 12, 2036.

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: PP28192
Filed: May 12, 2016
Granted: July 11, 2017
Expires: May 12, 2036
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental switch grass named Panicum virgatum ‘Blue Fountain’ with broad blue-green foliage that retains it coloration into the fall. The tall, upright and arching dense culms produce broadly-spreading airy panicles of greenish tan and are retained into winter.

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 cultivar of ornamental switch grass plant named Panicum virgatum ‘Blue Fountain’ as herein described and illustrated.

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