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US Plant Patent PP20317

Sheegene-14

Grapevine ‘Sheegene-14’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 19, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 30, 2027. This patent earned 50 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20317, the photograph of Sheegene-14 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20317, 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
PP20317
Filed
August 30, 2007
Granted
September 15, 2009
Expires
October 19, 2027
Assignee
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P
Inventor
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P

Abstract

A new and distinct variety characterized by a green-colored, large sized seedless grape that ripens during the first week of September, approximately four weeks later than the Thompson Seedless Grape (unpatented) when grown in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. The grapes of this new variety are produced on strong woody 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.

1. A new variety of grapevine to be known as ‘Sheegene-14’, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized principally by its production of green-colored, large sized seedless grapes, that mature approximately four weeks later in the season of ripening than does the Thompson Seedless Grape (unpatented) that it closely resembles.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20317 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.