US Plant Patent PP15038

L96-117

Sweetpotato plant named ‘L96-117’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 5, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15038, the photograph of L96-117 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15038, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP15038
Filed: March 5, 2002
Granted: July 27, 2004
Expires: March 5, 2022
Assignee: UNIV LOUISIANA STATE
Inventor: LABONTE DON R; CLARK CHRISTOPHER A; CANNON JAMES M; WILSON PAUL W; VILLORDON ARTHUR A

Abstract

A new variety of sweetpotato identified as 'L96-117' is disclosed having superior processing qualities and a high total-sugar content. 'L96-117' is characterized by an intense orange flesh and an elongated root.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Ipomoea batatas plant named ‘L96-117’, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15038 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.