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US Plant Patent PP13652

BT-1

Seashore Dropseed plant named ‘BT-1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 22, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP13652, the photograph of BT-1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13652, 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
PP13652
Filed
August 22, 2000
Granted
March 11, 2003
Expires
August 22, 2020
Assignee
ENVIRO TURF L C
Inventor
DEPEW MICHAEL; BENNETT STEWART; TILLMAN PAUL H

Abstract

A novel seashore dropseed ( Sporobolus virginicus ) cultivar (‘BT-l’) is disclosed. The ‘BT-1’ cultivar is characterized by enhanced turf quality under mown and high traffic stress conditions; improved, darker green leaf color; lower growth habit; denser, more tightly knit sod; low mow height tolerance; finer-textured leaf blades; and increased saline and drought tolerance.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of seashore dropseed plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized by its enhanced turf quality under mown and high traffic stress conditions; improved, darker green leaf color; lower growth habit; denser, more tightly knit sod; low mow height tolerance; finer-textured leaf blades; and superior tolerance to saline, drought, and shade conditions.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13652 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.