US Plant Patent PP18626

Golden Rocket

Berberis plant named ‘Golden Rocket’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 20, 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: PP18626
Filed: December 20, 2005
Granted: March 18, 2008
Expires: December 20, 2025
Assignee: ANDRUSIV ING MICHAL
Inventor: ANDRUSIV ING MICHAL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Berberis plant named ‘GOLDEN ROCKET’ that is characterized by an upright columnar habit and yellow foliage. In combination these traits set ‘GOLDEN ROCKET’ 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 ROCKET’, as described and illustrated here within.

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