US Plant Patent PP32373

Gunsmoke

Panicum plant named ‘Gunsmoke’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 30, 2040.

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: PP32373
Filed: January 30, 2020
Granted: October 20, 2020
Expires: January 30, 2040
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct plant of ornamental switch grass named Panicum ‘Gunsmoke’ with broad blue-green foliage that retains it coloration into the fall. The upright and dense culms produce tall plant with broadly-spreading airy panicles beginning greyed reddish-purple and becoming tan seed heads that 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, Panicum plant named ‘Gunsmoke’, as herein described and illustrated.

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