US Plant Patent PP5845
El Toro
Zoysiagrass plant `El Toro`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 21, 2004. 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
- PP5845
- Filed
- November 21, 1984
- Granted
- December 30, 1986
- Expires
- November 21, 2004
- Assignee
- UNIV CALIFORNIA
- Inventor
- YOUNGNER VICTOR B
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Zoysia turfgrass (Zoysia japonica) characterized by its rapid establishment rate and shorter dormant period compared to other Zoysia varieties, its early spring greenup and good Fall color retention and further characterized by its superior tolerance to Zoysia rust (Puccinia Spp.) and high tolerance to drought.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. The new and distinct variety of Zoysiagrass plant herein described and illustrated and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5845 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.