US Plant Patent PP16982

BM230

Zoysiagrass plant named ‘BM230’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 15, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 17, 2023. This patent earned 89 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16982
Filed: December 17, 2003
Granted: August 15, 2006
Expires: March 15, 2024
Assignee: LEHMAN VIRGINIA
Inventor: LEHMAN VIRGINIA

Abstract

An asexually reproduced variety of perennial zoysiagrass with a unique combination of morphological characters including medium leaf blade width and low floral production.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of zoysiagrass plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein, characterized particularly by a unique combination of morphological characters.

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