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US Plant Patent PP18869

SI 98

Seashore Paspalum plant named ‘SI 98’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 2, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 19, 2025. This patent earned 14 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18869, the photograph of SI 98 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18869, 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
PP18869
Filed
October 19, 2005
Granted
June 3, 2008
Expires
November 2, 2025
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
Inventor
DUNCAN RONNY R

Abstract

A new and distinct vegetatively reproduced cultivar of seashore papalum, Paspalum vaginatum, which is characterized by its semi-dwarf, low growing and rapidly spreading growth habit, its superior salt tolerance and its ability to maintain high turf density and quality at a range of mowing heights. These characteristics make it desirable for wall to wall use on golf courses, athletic fields and recreational venues where water quality is a consideration.

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 seashore paspalum and plant named ‘SI 98’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18869 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.