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US Plant Patent PP26123

VDG002

Dwarf grapevine ‘VDG002’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 16, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2034. This patent earned 65 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26123, the photograph of VDG002 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26123, 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
PP26123
Filed
March 12, 2014
Granted
November 24, 2015
Expires
May 16, 2034
Inventor
CONEV RUMEN; SOMERS DARYL

Abstract

The invention is a new and distinct ornamental dwarf grapevine variety denominated ‘VDG002’. The new grapevine is characterized by having approximately half of the mid-rib veins with medium red anthocyanin color, medium red anthocyanin color for petiole, medium red anthocyanin color for young shoots, almost flat mature leaf blades, lighter green color mature leaves, a lack of the characteristic downy white appearance of leaves in the female parent ‘Pixie’™, and yellow-green berries.

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

What is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of dwarf ornamental grapevine substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26123 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.