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US Plant Patent PP16229

Scarlet Royal

Grapevine denominated ‘Scarlet Royal’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 15, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 28, 2024. This patent earned 140 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16229, the photograph of Scarlet Royal printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16229, 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
PP16229
Filed
September 28, 2004
Granted
January 31, 2006
Expires
February 15, 2025
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
RAMMING DAVID W; TARAILO RONALD E

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of grapevine denominated ‘Scarlet Royal’ which is characterized by its mid-season ripening seedless fruit, attractive dark red coloration, its oval fruit shape, its firm fruit texture with neutral sweet flavor, and its medium dense cluster.

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 grapevine plant, ‘Scarlet Royal’, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its attractive dark red fruit color, oval fruit shape, and firm flesh texture with a neutral sweet flavor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16229 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.