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US Plant Patent PP25271

LA11-101

Smooth cordgrass named ‘LA11-101’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 19, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 20, 2032. This patent earned 211 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25271, the photograph of LA11-101 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25271, 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
PP25271
Filed
September 20, 2012
Granted
January 27, 2015
Expires
April 19, 2033
Inventor
KNOTT CARRIE ANN; MATERNE MICHAEL DAVID; UTOMO HERRY SUTJAHJO; SUBUDHI PRASANTA KUMAR; BAISAKH NIRANJAN; HARRISON STEPHEN ALAN

Abstract

A new variety of smooth cordgrass identified as ‘LA11-101’ is disclosed as being genetically different from ‘Vermilion’, the only other smooth cordgrass variety for the northern Gulf of Mexico, and as having rapid establishment and growth in natural brackish and saline marsh environments, and excellent seed set and germination.

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 plant variety of Spartina alterniflora named ‘LA11-101’ as described and illustrated in the specification herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25271 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.