US Patent Issued to Agricultural Research and Development on March 25 for "Seedless grapevine plant named 'ARD49'" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. PP36,565, issued on March 25, was assigned to Agricultural Research and Development LLC (Bakersfield, Calif.).

"Seedless grapevine plant named 'ARD49'" was invented by Shachar Karniel (Bakersfield, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new distinct variety of grapevine named 'ARD49' abundantly forms attractive crunchy and juicy seedless berries with a yellow-green skin coloration, dense and large sized clusters which display a muscat flavor, the fruit is commonly ready for harvesting during June-July in San Joaquin Valley of Central California, U.S.A., and displays good eating qualities as a table grape, the fruit firmness renders the fr...