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US Plant Patent PP36033

XSA 11377

St. Augustinegrass plant named ‘XSA 11377’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 6, 2043.

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 PP36033, the photograph of XSA 11377 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36033, 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
PP36033
Filed
June 6, 2023
Granted
July 23, 2024
Expires
June 6, 2043
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Inventor
MILLA-LEWIS SUSANA

Abstract

‘XSA 11377’ is a new St. Augustinegrass cultivar that is fast to establish, has good levels of shade and drought tolerances, and has superior turf quality. It is distinguishable from other cultivars by its medium-fine texture, aggressive stoloniferous growth, improved sod strength, and improved shade tolerance. ‘XSA 11377’ shows gray leaf spot and chinch bug tolerance, and maintains above average turf quality under normal management practices. ‘XSA-11377’ is also genetically distinct from other St. Augustinegrass cultivars currently in the marketplace known to the Inventor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Stenotaphrum secundatum St. Augustinegrass plant named ‘XSA 11377’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36033 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.