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US Plant Patent PP19224

TE-13

Seashore paspalum plant named ‘TE-13’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 19, 2026.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 18, 2026. This patent earned 1 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19224, the photograph of TE-13 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19224, 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
PP19224
Filed
October 18, 2006
Granted
September 16, 2008
Expires
October 19, 2026
Assignee
TURF ECOSYSTEMS LLC
Inventor
DUNCAN RONNY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Paspalum vaginatum Swartz (Seashore paspalum ) named ‘TE-13’ is disclosed. ‘TE-13’ is characterized as having exceptional turf density and foliarly disease resistance under closely mowed micro-environmental stress conditions.

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

1. A new and genetically distinct cultivar of Paspalum vaginatum plant named ‘TE-13’ as described and illustrated herein having distinguishing traits of increased growth density, good foliarly disease resistance, dark genetic color, and aggressive growth under salinity.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19224 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.