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US Plant Patent PP20751

Desert Plains

Pennisetum plant named ‘Desert Plains’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 22, 2028.

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 PP20751, the photograph of Desert Plains printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20751, 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
PP20751
Filed
July 22, 2008
Granted
February 16, 2010
Expires
July 22, 2028
Assignee
TRUCKS GARY M
Inventor
TRUCKS GARY M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Fountain Grass, Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Desert Plains’, with vase-shaped habit, broad foliage that develops early colors of red and orange, begins flowering in August and lasting through the winter.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Pennisetum plant named ‘Desert Plains’ as herein described and illustrated, with vase-shaped habit, broad foliage that develops early colors of red and orange foliage, begins flowering in August, holds through winter and is suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20751 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.