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US Plant Patent PP29847

Itasca

Grapevine plant named ‘Itasca’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 9, 2037.

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 PP29847, the photograph of Itasca printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29847, 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
PP29847
Filed
January 9, 2017
Granted
November 20, 2018
Expires
January 9, 2037
Assignee
UNIV MINNESOTA
Inventor
HEMSTAD PETER; SMITH NICHOLAS; COOK KATHRYN; THULL JOHN; LUBY JAMES

Abstract

The invention is a new and distinct variety of grapevine plant named ‘Itasca’, which is characterized by its adaptibility to grow in cold climates for grape production, its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 4, its fruits that are suitable for making white wine, its fruit with moderately low total acidity levels combined with high sugar levels at maturity, and its high resistance to downy mildew and black rot diseases and moderate resistance to powdery mildew and foliar infestation by the insect pest phylloxera.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of grapevine plant designated ‘Itasca’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29847 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.