US Plant Patent PP15218

Southern Gem

Zoysiagrass plant named ‘Southern Gem’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 17, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 10, 2023. This patent earned 68 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15218
Filed: November 10, 2003
Granted: October 12, 2004
Expires: January 17, 2024
Inventor: NIXON RONALD

Abstract

An asexually reproduced variety of perennial zoysiagrass with a unique combination of characters including fine to 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.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of zoysiagrass plant, substantially as described and illustrated herein, characterized particularly with the unique combination of morphological characters.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15218 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.