US Plant Patent PP25272
LA11-103
Smooth cordgrass named ‘LA11-103’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 8, 2033.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 20, 2032. This patent earned 169 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP25272
- Filed
- September 20, 2012
- Granted
- January 27, 2015
- Expires
- March 8, 2033
- Assignee
- UNIV LOUISIANA STATE, HARRISON STEPHEN ALAN, KNOTT CARRIE ANN, BAISAKH NIRANJAN, SUBUDHI PRASANTA KUMAR, UTOMO HERRY SUTJAHJO, MATERNE MICHAEL DAVID
- 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 ‘LA11-103’ is disclosed as being genetically different from ‘Vermilion’, ‘LA11-101’, and ‘LA11-102’, 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 ‘LA11-103’ as described and illustrated in the specification herein.
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