US Plant Patent PP11466
SS-500
Zoysia grass plant named `SS-500`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 26, 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
- PP11466
- Filed
- February 26, 1998
- Granted
- August 1, 2000
- Expires
- February 26, 2018
- Assignee
- SOD SOLUTIONS INC
- Inventor
- ITO MINORU; GURGEL ROBERTO GUERRA AMARAL
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Zoysia japonica turfgrass, called `SS-500`, is characterized by its color, long and wide leaf blades, large stolons, an open growth habit, and rapid establishment rate.
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 japonica grass plant named `SS-500`, substantially as described and illustrated, which has an open growth habit, rapid coverage rate, and large leaf blades.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11466 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.