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US Plant Patent PP20281

Sheegene-8

Grapevine ‘Sheegene-8’

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 PP20281, the photograph of Sheegene-8 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20281, 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
PP20281
Filed
August 30, 2007
Granted
September 8, 2009
Expires
October 19, 2027
Assignee
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P
Inventor
SHEEHAN TIMOTHY P

Abstract

A new and distinct variety characterized by red-colored nearly seedless grapes that ripens in late June, approximately two to three weeks earlier than the Flame Seedless Grape (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 that 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-8’, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized principally by its production of red-colored nearly seedless grapes, that mature approximately two to three weeks earlier in the season of ripening than does the Flame Seedless Grape (unpatented) that it closely resembles.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20281 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.