US Plant Patent PP26335

Prairie Munchkin

Schizachyrium plant named ‘Prairie Munchkin’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 10, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 29, 2033. This patent earned 163 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26335, the photograph of Prairie Munchkin printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26335, 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: PP26335
Filed: October 29, 2013
Granted: January 19, 2016
Expires: April 10, 2034
Assignee: PLANTS NOUVEAU LLC, BOEHM DON L
Inventor: BOEHM DON L

Abstract

A new cultivar of Schizachyrium scoparium , ‘Prairie Munchkin’, that is characterized by its upright plant habit that does not lodge, its foliage that is blue in color changing to a maroon-orange color in the fall, and its height of 90 cm in bloom.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Schizachyrium plant named ‘Prairie Munchkin’ as herein illustrated and described.

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