US Plant Patent PP14088
Sugranineteen
Grapevine Cv. ‘Sugranineteen’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 28, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 25, 2021. This patent earned 307 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP14088
- Filed
- January 25, 2001
- Granted
- August 26, 2003
- Expires
- November 28, 2021
- Assignee
- SUN WORLD INTERNATIONAL INC
- Inventor
- CAIN DAVID W
Abstract
A new and distinct grapevine variety characterized by late ripening berries that are crisp, juicy, and elliptical in shape. Moreover, the berries attain a large size without the need for exogenous application of gibberellic acid, and possess a naturally red, commercially acceptable coloration even when grown in deep shade.
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 variety of grapevine cv. ‘Sugranineteen’ as herein illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14088 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.