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US Plant Patent PP20948

Carousel

Schizachyrium plant named ‘Carousel’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 13, 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 PP20948, the photograph of Carousel printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20948, 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
PP20948
Filed
January 13, 2009
Granted
April 27, 2010
Expires
January 13, 2029
Assignee
BOEHM DONOVAN L
Inventor
BOEHM DONOVAN L

Abstract

A new cultivar of Schizachyrium scoparium, ‘Carousel’, that is characterized by its compact and rounded form with upright culms that does not lodge in fall and winter or with exposure to rain or snow, its short stature with a height of about 30 cm, its foliage that emerges nearly horizontal and becomes upright, its coloration that is green to blue-green with streaks of pink in summer, a blend of copper, beige, orange-red, and mahogany in fall, and beige in 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 Schizachyrium plant named ‘Carousel’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20948 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.