US Plant Patent PP20666

Mahon Yam

Sweet potato plant named ‘Mahon Yam’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 7, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP20666
Filed: July 7, 2008
Granted: January 19, 2010
Expires: July 7, 2028
Assignee: MAHON JOHN A
Inventor: MAHON JOHN A

Abstract

A new variety of sweetpotato, Ipomoea batatas , identified as ‘Mahon Yam’ is disclosed having superior eating quality. ‘Mahon Yam’ is characterized by an orange fleshed root that when cooked is sweet, moist and not stringy or fibrous (i.e. creamy). The plant itself is distinguished by unusual leaves for an eating quality sweetpotato, they are seven (7) lobed.

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

1. A new distinct cultivar of Ipomoea batatas plant named ‘Mahon Yam’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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