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US Plant Patent PP36813

Blue Lime

Panicum plant named ‘Blue Lime’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 5, 2045.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP36813, the photograph of Blue Lime printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36813, 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
PP36813
Filed
January 5, 2025
Granted
July 8, 2025
Expires
January 5, 2045
Inventor
AULT JAMES ROBERT

Abstract

A new cultivar of Panicum plant named ‘Blue Lime’ that is characterized by its abundant panicles that are large, and airy, its inflorescences with unique glumes that retain their golden yellow-green color 1 to 2 weeks later in the season compared to what is typical for Panicum cultivars known to the inventor, and its upright, vase-shaped plant habit with no lodging or splaying stems.

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 ‘Blue Lime’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36813 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.