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US Plant Patent PP26178

VDG004

Dwarf grapevine ‘VDG004’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 15, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2034. This patent earned 64 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26178, the photograph of VDG004 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26178, 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
PP26178
Filed
March 12, 2014
Granted
December 1, 2015
Expires
May 15, 2034
Assignee
VINELAND RES AND INNOVATIONS CT INC
Inventor
CONEV RUMEN; SOMERS DARYL

Abstract

The invention is a new and distinct ornamental dwarf grapevine variety denominated ‘VDG004’. The new grapevine carries the REN1 gene for resistance to powdery mildew and is characterized by light green leaves, no visible hair on the young leaves, not having prominent lobes on mature leaf, having smooth leaf surface, having greenish internodes with distinctive anthocyanin accumulation on the nodes, and having small light purple 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 PP26178 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.