US Plant Patent PP30128
UCONNBTB039
Barberry plant named ‘UCONNBTB039’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 30, 2036.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP30128
- Filed
- July 30, 2016
- Granted
- January 22, 2019
- Expires
- July 30, 2036
- Assignee
- UNIV CONNECTICUT
- Inventor
- Brand mark
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Barberry plant, botanically known as Berberis thunbergii and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘UCONNBTB039’. The unique characteristics of this new Barberry plant include no fruit, seed sterile; compact, dense, spreading habit with overarching stems reaching 70 cm tall; bright green spring foliage and dark green summer foliage; adaptable to many landscape situations; resistant to black stem rust disease; and winter cold hardy to at least −26° C.
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 ‘UCONNBTB039’ as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP30128 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.