US Plant Patent PP18082

Maria

Barberry plant named ‘Maria’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP18082
Filed: December 30, 2005
Granted: September 25, 2007
Expires: December 30, 2025
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: KUROWSKI LUCJAN; KUROWSKI GRZEGORZ

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Barberry plant named ‘Maria’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; freely basally branching growth habit; distinct bright yellow to yellow green-colored leaves; and resistance to leaf scorch.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Barberry plant named ‘Maria’, as illustrated and described.

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