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US Plant Patent PP21464

Tift-17

Pennisetum plant named ‘Tift-17’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 17, 2029.

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 PP21464, the photograph of Tift-17 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21464, 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
PP21464
Filed
February 17, 2009
Granted
November 9, 2010
Expires
February 17, 2029
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
Inventor
HANNA WAYNE WILLIAM; BRAMAN S KRISTINE

Abstract

The new variety Pennisetum ‘Tift-17’ is provided. The new and distinct variety has excellent drought tolerance; superior Helminthosporium leaf spot resistance; high ornamental value; higher tiller number in drought conditions; cold tolerance for short periods of time; and relatively long trichomes on the sheath and at the leaf blade edge at the collar. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of the Pennisetum plant named ‘Tift-17’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21464 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.