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US Plant Patent PP15891

Sweet Scarlet

Grapevine plant denominated ‘Sweet Scarlet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 9, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 20, 2023. This patent earned 170 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15891, the photograph of Sweet Scarlet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15891, 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
PP15891
Filed
February 20, 2003
Granted
July 26, 2005
Expires
August 9, 2023
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
RAMMING DAVID W; TARAILO RONALD E

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of grapevine denominated ‘Sweet Scarlet’ which is characterized by its midseason ripening seedless fruit, attractive raspberry red coloration, its ovoid fruit shape, its firm fruit texture with a light muscat flavor, and its medium to tight 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, ‘Sweet Scarlet’, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its attractive raspberry red fruit color, ovoid fruit shape, and firm flesh texture with a light muscat flavor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15891 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.