US Plant Patent PP17084

Tiny Gold

Berberis plant named ‘Tiny Gold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 2, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 30, 2025. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17084
Filed: August 30, 2005
Granted: September 5, 2006
Expires: September 2, 2025
Assignee: ANDRUSIV ING MICHAL
Inventor: ANDRUSIV ING MICHAL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Berberis plant named ‘Tiny Gold’ that is characterized by a low spreading habit and bright yellow foliage. In combination these traits set ‘Tiny Gold’ 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 ‘Tiny Gold’, as described and illustrated herein.

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