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US Plant Patent PP18960

Sheegene-5

Grapevine (‘Sheegene-5’)

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 20, 2027.

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 PP18960, the photograph of Sheegene-5 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18960, 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
PP18960
Filed
February 20, 2007
Granted
June 17, 2008
Expires
February 20, 2027
Assignee
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P
Inventor
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P

Abstract

A new and distinct variety characterized by large, red-colored seeded grapes that ripen in late July, approximately six weeks earlier than Red Globe (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,787), when grown in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. The grapes of this new variety are produced on strong 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.

1. A new variety of grapevine to be known as Sheegene-5 and parts thereof, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized principally by its production of large, red-colored seeded grapes, that mature approximately six weeks earlier than does Red Globe (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,787) which it resembles.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18960 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.