ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,104, issued on May 5, was assigned to GREENSTYLE Co. LTD. (Ina, Japan).
"Grape cultivation method" was invented by Hironobu Sato (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a grape cultivation method providing improving workability, posts are provided in a standing manner in the ground. Then, a plurality of wires are attached at predetermined intervals in a direction orthogonal to the posts. As a result, a trellis is constructed. In attaching a young grapevine to the trellis, first, a trunk of the young grapevine is bent at a predetermined angle Theta in advance. Then, a primary scaffold branch of the young grapevine is attached t...