US Plant Patent PP25609

Midruzam

Berberis plant named ‘Midruzam’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 21, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 13, 2033. This patent earned 192 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP25609
Filed: March 13, 2013
Granted: June 2, 2015
Expires: September 21, 2033
Assignee: Lake Country Nursery, ZAMPINI JAMES W
Inventor: ZAMPINI JAMES W

Abstract

A new cultivar of Berberis , ‘Midruzam’, characterized by its low growing, compact, and rounded plant habit, its very slow growth habit, its foliage that is dark burgundy in color in summer and turns red in color in the fall, and its lack of flower and fruit production.

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 cultivar of Berberis plant named ‘Midruzam’ as herein illustrated and described.

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