US Plant Patent PP32310
Gold Crest
Caryopteris plant named ‘Gold Crest’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 25, 2039.
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
- PP32310
- Filed
- September 25, 2019
- Granted
- October 13, 2020
- Expires
- September 25, 2039
- Assignee
- BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
- Inventor
- JANES JESSICA DIANE; GREENWOOD SARAH KIMBERLY
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Caryopteris plant named ‘Gold Crest’, characterized by its medium violet-blue colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage that transitions to golden-colored foliage in spring and summer, and moderately vigorous, and mounded growth habit, is disclosed.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Caryopteris plant named ‘Gold Crest’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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