US Plant Patent PP25761
UGA 31
Seashore Paspalum plant named ‘UGA 31’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 21, 2033.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 4, 2033. This patent earned 170 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP25761
- Filed
- June 4, 2013
- Granted
- July 28, 2015
- Expires
- November 21, 2033
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA
- Inventor
- RAYMER PAUL L; BURPEE LEON L; CARROW ROBERT N; SCHWARTZ BRIAN M
Abstract
A new and distinct vegetatively reproduced cultivar of seashore paspalum, Paspalum vaginatum, which is characterized by a combination of excellent green turf color, non-dwarf rapidly spreading growth habit, good salt tolerance, its ability to maintain high turf density and quality at a range of mowing heights, and the ability to maintain turf quality and to resist leaf firing during periods of short term drought.
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 paspalum plant named ‘UGA 31’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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