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US Plant Patent PP23837

Sheegene-21

Grapevine ‘Sheegene-21’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 2, 2031.

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 PP23837, the photograph of Sheegene-21 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23837, 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
PP23837
Filed
December 2, 2011
Granted
August 20, 2013
Expires
December 2, 2031
Assignee
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P, SHEEHAN GENETICS LLC
Inventor
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of grapevine characterized by the production of medium, green-colored seedless grapes that mature in early July, approximately four weeks earlier than ‘Thompson 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, I claim: 1. A new variety of grapevine to be known as ‘Sheegene-21’ and parts thereof, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized principally by its production of medium, green-colored seedless grapes that mature earlier in the season of ripening than does ‘Thompson Seedless’ (unpatented) that is resembles.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23837 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.