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US Plant Patent PP16291

RS-3

Grape plant named ‘RS-3’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 20, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 4, 2023. This patent earned 198 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16291, the photograph of RS-3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16291, 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
PP16291
Filed
September 4, 2003
Granted
February 28, 2006
Expires
March 20, 2024
Inventor
MCKENRY MICHAEL

Abstract

A new and distinct grape plant ( Vitis vinifera L. species), ‘RS-3’, which is useful as a rootstock, is distinguished by providing broad resistance to nematodes.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of grape plant having the characteristics described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16291 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.