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US Plant Patent PP13294

SDX-1

Seashore paspalum ‘SDX-1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 12, 2021. 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 PP13294, the photograph of SDX-1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13294, 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
PP13294
Filed
January 12, 2001
Granted
December 3, 2002
Expires
January 12, 2021
Inventor
DEPEW MICHAEL; BENNETT STEWART; TILLMAN PAUL H

Abstract

A novel seashore paspalum cultivar ( Paspalum vaginatum ) is disclosed. The ‘SDX-1’ cultivar is characterized by having a fine texture, greater sod strength, increased rooting, improved color, improved density, and greater salinity tolerance. The cultivar is particularly well suited for golf courses, grass tennis lawns, lawn bowls, lawns, and athletic fields.

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 grass, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized by its fine texture when closely mown, its superior tolerance to salt, drought, and soil hypoxic conditions, and its low, dwarf growth

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13294 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.