US Plant Patent PP26735
LA06-52
Sweetpotato plant named ‘LA06-52’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 13, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 11, 2034. This patent earned 186 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26735
- Filed
- March 11, 2014
- Granted
- May 17, 2016
- Expires
- September 13, 2034
- Assignee
- UNIV LOUISIANA STATE
- Inventor
- LABONTE DON R; VILLORDON ARTHUR Q; SMITH TARA P; CLARK CHRISTOPHER A
Abstract
A new variety of sweetpotato identified as ‘LA06-52’ is disclosed having disease resistance to Fusarium wilt, Rhizopus soft rot (intermediate), southern root-knot nematode, and Streptomyces soil rot, an orange flesh, copper skin and high yield characteristics.
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 ‘LA06-52’ as described and illustrated in the specification herein.
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