US Plant Patent PP24586
Celeste
Barberry plant named ‘Celeste’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 17, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 27, 2032. This patent earned 82 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24586
- Filed
- August 27, 2012
- Granted
- July 1, 2014
- Expires
- November 17, 2032
- Assignee
- SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC, WOOD TIMOTHY D
- Inventor
- WOOD TIMOTHY D
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Barberry plant named ‘Celeste’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; leaves that are dark greyed purple to dark greyed orange in color; good garden performance; and resistance to Black Stem Rust.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Barberry plant named ‘Celeste’ as illustrated and described.
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