US Plant Patent PP21426

TMX

Zoysiagrass plant ‘TMX’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 30, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 8, 2028. This patent earned 175 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP21426
Filed: May 8, 2008
Granted: October 26, 2010
Expires: October 30, 2028
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTD
Inventor: MATSUI KUNIO

Abstract

The present culivar ‘TMX’ ( Zoysia matrella Merr.) advantageously has a very slow growing rate in terms of plant height as compared with existing cultivars and requires mowing not more than once a year so as to be maintained in fair condition and allows the amount of fertilizer to be reduced. It also has a high-level of shade tolerance.

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

1. A new and distinctive variety of Zoysia matrella Merr. plant named ‘TMX’ as illustrated and described in the present specification.

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