US Plant Patent PP14147

Marion

Zoysiagrass plant named ‘Marion’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 7, 2022. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP14147
Filed: March 7, 2002
Granted: September 16, 2003
Expires: March 7, 2022
Inventor: NIXON RONALD DOUGLAS

Abstract

An asexually reproduced variety of perennial zoysiagrass with a unique combination of characters including fine to medium leaf blade width, low floral production, and unique AFLP fingerprint.

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 zoysiagrass plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein, characterized particularly by a unique AFLP fingerprint and combination of morphological characters.

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