US Plant Patent PP9577
Monlers
Berberis thunbergii cv. `Monlers`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 10, 2015. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9577
- Filed
- April 10, 1995
- Granted
- June 11, 1996
- Expires
- April 10, 2015
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- EILERS HENRY H
Abstract
A new and distinct selection of Golden Barberry shrub which shall be referred to hereinafter a Berberis thunbergii cultivar Monlers. Berberis thunbergii cultivar Monlers differs distinctively from other Berberis thunbergii plants by its unique combination of a low, dense symmetrical globe habit and dwarf size and golden yellow foliage which does not appear to scorch in full sun.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Berberis plant as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized particularly as a novelty by the unique combination of a low, dense symmetrical globe habit and dwarf size and golden yellow foliage which does not appear to scorch in full sun.
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