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US Plant Patent PP12625

SEA ISLE 2000

Seashore paspalum plant ‘SEA ISLE 2000’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 19, 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 4 of US plant patent PP12625, the photograph of SEA ISLE 2000 printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12625, 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
PP12625
Filed
April 19, 2000
Granted
May 14, 2002
Expires
April 19, 2020
Assignee
UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
Inventor
DUNCAN RONNY R

Abstract

A vegetatively reproduced seashore paspalum cultivar, selected as a mutation from the cultivar Adalayd(R), is named "SEA ISLE 2000'. It is distinguished by high tolerance to salinity, dark green color, extremely fine leaf blades that are generally <=1.5 mm in width, and the ability to tolerate mowing to {fraction (5/32)} inch height. These distinguishing characteristics make "SEA ISLE 2000' particularly suitable as a turfgrass for lawns and golf courses, especially golf course greens.

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

What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct plant of Paspalum vaginatum as herein shown and described, that is characterized by a unique combination of high tolerance to salinity, dark green color, fine leaf blade (≦1.5 mm in width), and excellent tolerance to extremely close mowing ({fraction (5/32)} inch height).

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12625 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.