US Plant Patent PP17691

Golden Carpet

Berberis plant named ‘Golden Carpet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 17, 2026. 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: PP17691
Filed: January 17, 2006
Granted: May 1, 2007
Expires: January 17, 2026
Assignee: ANDRUSIV ING MICHAL
Inventor: ANDRUSIV ING MICHAL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Berberis plant named ‘Golden Carpet’ that is characterized by a dense prostrate habit and yellow foliage. In combination these traits set ‘Golden Carpet’ 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 ‘Golden Carpet’, as described and illustrated here within.

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