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US Plant Patent PP16174

B12

St. Augustine grass named ‘B12’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 24, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 16, 2023. This patent earned 99 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16174, the photograph of B12 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16174, 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
PP16174
Filed
September 16, 2003
Granted
December 27, 2005
Expires
December 24, 2023
Assignee
SOD SOLUTIONS INC
Inventor
LAYT TODD ANTHONY

Abstract

‘B12’ is an attractive, green (RHS 137A) Stenotaphrum secundatum grass (St. Augustine grass), with a fast growth habit, brown with predominant yellow-green internode color, moderate internode length, and a long leaf blade that is highly infolded in mature turf, with a fine leaf appearance. ‘B12’ is also characterized by good disease and pest resistance and superior color retention under low fertilizer conditions.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Stenotaphrum secundatum plant named ‘B12’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16174 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.