US Plant Patent PP11495
SS-300
Zoysia grass plant named `SS-300`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 24, 2018. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11495
- Filed
- February 24, 1998
- Granted
- August 29, 2000
- Expires
- February 24, 2018
- Assignee
- SOD SOLUTIONS INC
- Inventor
- ITO MINORU; GURGEL ROBERTO GUERRA AMARAL
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Zoysia japonica turfgrass, called `SS-300`, is characterized by a short, narrow leaf blade, compared to other varieties of Zoysia japonica. The growth habit is low and compact. `SS-300` has a rapid establishmentrate.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Zoysia grass plant named `SS-300`, substantially as described and illustrated, which has a low compact growth habit, and leaves that are shorter and narrower than Brazilian `Wild Zoysia` or `El Toro` Zoysia.
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