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US Plant Patent PP33433

ECGSS

Schizachyrium plant named ‘ECGSS’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 13, 2040.

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 PP33433, the photograph of ECGSS printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33433, 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
PP33433
Filed
December 13, 2020
Granted
August 31, 2021
Expires
December 13, 2040
Assignee
EMERALD COAST GROWERS LLC
Inventor
BABIKOW PAUL DAVID

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Schizachyrium scoparium plant named ‘ECGSS’, characterized by the combination of a compact mounded growth habit with arched foliage, green foliage that is longitudinally striped cream yellow in the spring and summer, foliage that becomes progressively suffused with pink towards the apex as the ambient temperature decreases in autumn, strong and resilient foliage that resists lodging in autumn and winter or with exposure to excessive rainfall, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.

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

That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Schizachyrium scoparium plant named ‘ECGSS’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33433 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.