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US Plant Patent PP31407

Florida Onyx

Muscadine grape plant named ‘Florida Onyx’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 7, 2038.

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 PP31407, the photograph of Florida Onyx printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31407, 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
PP31407
Filed
September 7, 2018
Granted
January 28, 2020
Expires
September 7, 2038
Assignee
FLORIDA A&M UNIV
Inventor
REN ZHONGBO; LU JIANG; TSOLOVA VIOLETA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of the muscadine grape plant, Vitis rotundifolia Michx., which is highly productive, resistant to Pierce's disease, low fruit ripening rot, and relatively low wet scar. The new and distinct cultivar has a very large deep black-red colored berry with an extremely pleasant fruit flavor. The cultivar has moderate vine growth with high fruit yield, and very good disease resistance. The cultivar also has an extended shelf life.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of muscadine grape plant named ‘Florida Onyx’, substantially as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31407 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.