US Plant Patent PP7644
Kat.E.Lin
Grapvine named Kat.E.Lin
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 1, 2009. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP7644
- Filed
- September 1, 1989
- Granted
- September 10, 1991
- Expires
- September 1, 2009
Abstract
A new and distinct asexually reproduced grapevine variety, as illustrated and described, is vigorous and highly productive, ripens early before frost, withstands temperatures below -18° C., fruits in fairly large open bunches with large shoulders, the fruit being red to dark maroon/oxblood red with a heavy bloom and having one of the highest Brix or sugar test of any labrusca grape reported in the Grape and Wine Research Summary for 1984 published by the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada. The plant is resistant to mildew and does not require thinning. The fruit has a long shelf life and has proven to be excellent for jam, jelly and sweet, dessert wine.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of grapevine, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by excellent vigor and producitvity, early ripening, hardiness to below -18° C. temperatures, mildew resistant, long shelf life and high sugar content.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7644 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.