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US Plant Patent PP23747

Daybreak

Berberis thunbergii plant named ‘Daybreak’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 1, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 10, 2031. This patent earned 83 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23747, the photograph of Daybreak printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23747, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP23747
Filed
November 10, 2011
Granted
July 16, 2013
Expires
February 1, 2032
Assignee
PLANT INTRODUCTIONS INC, DIRR MICHAEL A, KARDOS JOSHUA H
Inventor
DIRR MICHAEL A; KARDOS JOSHUA H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Berberis thunbergii plant named ‘Daybreak’, characterized by its compact, mounding growth habit, small, lustrous, medium green foliage that turns bright yellow in fall, reddish-orange flowers produced in abundance from spring to fall, greenish-tan to reddish-green fruits, and root/crown cold hardiness to USDA Hardiness Zone 7.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

We claim: 1. A new and distinct Berberis thunbergii plant named ‘Daybreak’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23747 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.