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US Plant Patent PP20914

Cabernet Diane

Grapevine plant named ‘Cabernet Diane’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 7, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 30, 2027. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20914, the photograph of Cabernet Diane printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20914, 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
PP20914
Filed
October 30, 2007
Granted
April 6, 2010
Expires
December 7, 2027
Inventor
DRESSEL LUCIAN W

Abstract

A new and distinct, self rooted, variety of grapevine plant, ‘Cabernet Diane’, from a cross of ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’ and ‘Norton’, which can be distinguished by its outstanding wine combined with high productivity, disease resistance, and cold hardiness superior to one of its acclaimed parents ‘Cabernet Sauvignon’.

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 as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20914 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.