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US Plant Patent PP25131

Sheegene-16

Grapevine named ‘Sheegene-16’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 6, 2032.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25131, the photograph of Sheegene-16 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25131, 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
PP25131
Filed
April 6, 2012
Granted
December 2, 2014
Expires
April 6, 2032
Assignee
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P, SHEEHAN GENETICS LLC
Inventor
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of grapevine characterized by the production of large, red-colored seeded grapes that mature in early September, approximately six to eight weeks later than ‘Flame Seedless’ (unpatented) when grown in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. The grapes of this new variety are produced on strong woody stems and branches and are well adapted to commercial handling.

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

Having thus described and illustrated our new variety of grapevine, we claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of grapevine, substantially as described and illustrated herein, characterized principally by its production of large, red-colored seeded grapes that mature six to eight weeks later in the season of ripening than ‘Flame Seedless’ (unpatented) which it resembles.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25131 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.