US Plant Patent PP21100
Fireball
Berberis plant named ‘Fireball’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 25, 2029.
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
- PP21100
- Filed
- February 25, 2009
- Granted
- June 29, 2010
- Expires
- February 25, 2029
- Assignee
- ANDRUSIV MICHAL
- Inventor
- ANDRUSIV MICHAL
Abstract
A new cultivar of Berberis plant named ‘FIREBALL’ that is characterized by semi prostrate habit and bright red foliage. In combination these traits set ‘FIREBALL’ apart from all other existing varieties of Berberis known to the inventor.
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 Berberis plant named ‘FIREBALL’ as described and illustrated herein.
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