US Plant Patent PP16115

RS-9

Grape plant named ‘RS-9’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 9, 2023. 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 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16115
Filed: September 4, 2003
Granted: November 15, 2005
Expires: November 9, 2023
Assignee: UNIV CALIFORNIA
Inventor: MCKENRY MICHAEL

Abstract

A new and distinct grape ( Vitis vinifera L. species), RS-9, 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.

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