US Plant Patent PP28518
Purple Tears
Panicum plant named ‘Purple Tears’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 26, 2036.
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
- PP28518
- Filed
- May 26, 2016
- Granted
- October 10, 2017
- Expires
- May 26, 2036
- Assignee
- GREEN ELITE COLLECTION B V
- Inventor
- OUDOLF PIET
Abstract
A new cultivar of Panicum named ‘Purple Tears’ that is characterized by its plant height of 120 cm, its flowering spikes that have gray color at the top, its seed heads that are purple in color and its upright plant habit.
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 ‘Purple Tears’ as herein illustrated and described.
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