US Plant Patent PP8434
Valplatinta
Grapvine, named `Valplatinta`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 1, 2011. 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
- PP8434
- Filed
- November 1, 1991
- Granted
- October 26, 1993
- Expires
- November 1, 2011
- Assignee
- COMMW OF PUERTO RICO
- Inventor
- WATLINGTON FRANCISCO
Abstract
Description of a new and distinct grapevine cultivar: Valplatinta, originated from seed of a hand-pollinated cross of IAC-823-47 (non-patented) by Esperanza (non-patented) is provided. This new variety combines the native adaptation of Vitis caribaea to the tropical zone, and desirable attributes for juice and wine making of European (V. vinifera) and American (Labruscana) cultivars.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of of grapevine, substantially as described and illustrated, characterized by its exceptional adaptation to tropical and subtropical environments, including superior resistance to common grape fungus pathogens, and unique usefulness for winemaking under such conditions.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8434 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.