Patents Assigned to Quality Turfgrass
  • Patent number: PP8553
    Abstract: I disclose that my herein invention of a new variety of Zoysia grass plant was discovered by me as a found seedling in a pot of sterile medium on my farm in Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii. This new discovered Zoysia grass plant is a perennial, which exhibits an attractive deep green color, color Green number 141 A, as defined by The Royal Horticultural Society of London Colour Chart, of a low decumbent dense growth habit, that produces outstanding vigorous growth and a prolific rhizome system. The anthers are dark purplish-red color, color Red-Purple 61 B; the stigmas are pale yellow-green, color Yellow-Green 150 D. The entire plant of the new claimed variety of Zoysia grass plant, is glabrous except for several short hairs at the top of the leaf sheath at the sides of the ligule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Quality Turfgrass
    Inventor: Thomas A. Staton