US Plant Patent PP14175

Serene

Zoysiagrass plant named ‘Serene’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 13, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 11, 2022. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14175, the photograph of Serene printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14175, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP14175
Filed: March 11, 2002
Granted: September 23, 2003
Expires: March 13, 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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14175 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.