ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. PP37,127, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Sunview Vineyards of California Inc. (Delano, Calif.).

"Grapevine plant named 'SV36-47-269'" was invented by Timothy F Bourne (Visalia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct variety of grapevine plant named 'SV36-47-269' particularly characterized by its large, yellow-green, crisp, sweet berries with light muscat flavor. The vines are very responsive to exogenous gibberellic acid application and trunk girdling and produce berries which are about 25% larger than natural size. Vines are fruitful when spur pruned to two buds per cane with new shoots producing mostly two clusters per...