US Plant Patent PP11260
Scarlett
Muscadine grape plant named `Scarlett`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 24, 2017. 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
- PP11260
- Filed
- July 24, 1997
- Granted
- March 7, 2000
- Expires
- July 24, 2017
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA RES FOUND
- Inventor
- LANE RONALD PATON
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of the muscadine grape plant, Vitis rotundifolia Michx., which has an exceptionally flavorful berry, scoring higher in taste panel rankings than the current grapes that are produced commercially. The vines of this cultivar are vigorous, productive and tolerant to many diseases affecting muscadine grape plants.
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 muscadine grape plant named `Scarlett`, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized by its exceptionally flavorful grape, vigorous vine growth and high fruit yield, good disease tolerance, abundant pistillate flowers, large reddish colored fruit, and a high percentage of dry stem scar on berries.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11260 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.