US Plant Patent PP6159
Melody
Grapevine, "Melody", NY 65.444.4
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 5, 2005. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP6159
- Filed
- November 5, 1985
- Granted
- April 26, 1988
- Expires
- November 5, 2005
- Assignee
- CORNELL RES FOUNDATION INC
- Inventor
- REISCH BRUCE I; POOL ROBERT M; WATSON JOHN P; EINSET JOHN
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of grapevine named 'Melody', and tested as NY 65.444.4, which originated from seed produced by a hand pollinated cross of 'Seyval' (non-patented) and GW5 from New York (non-patented) is described. This new variety can be distinguished by its vinifera-type wine with varietal character, its resistance to powdery mildew infection and its adaptation to the climate of the grape growing regions of New York.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of grapevine herein described and illustrated and identified by the characteristics enumerated above.
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