US Patent Issued to BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES on Oct. 21 for "Bermudagrass plant named 'OSU2082'" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. PP37,060, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES (Stillwater, Okla.).

"Bermudagrass plant named 'OSU2082'" was invented by Yanqi Wu (Stillwater, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "'OSU2082' is disclosed as a new clonally propagated F1 hybrid turf Bermudagrass cultivar which performs exceptionally well in severe drought conditions. It does not produce frequent seed heads. The variety demonstrates excellent establishment characteristics and leaf spot disease resistance, with fine leaf texture, and sufficient sod tensile strength for reliable, large scale commercial productio...