US Plant Patent PP28923

Thin Man

Yellow Indiangrass plant named ‘Thin Man’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 21, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 30, 2036. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP28923
Filed: June 30, 2016
Granted: January 30, 2018
Expires: July 21, 2036
Assignee: SALMAN DAVID MARK, Waterwise Gardening LLC
Inventor: SALMAN DAVID MARK

Abstract

‘Thin Man’ is a new and distinct plant variety of Sorghastrum nutans , more commonly known as yellow indiangrass or simply indiangrass. The new variety has blue foliage coloration instead of the more common green coloration; with a growth habit exhibiting an upright and tightly growing vegetation with apical flowering; and exceptional drought and heat tolerance.

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 variety of yellow indiangrass as described and illustrated herein.

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