US Plant Patent PP21743
NCORNSP-011MNLC
Sweetpotato plant named ‘NCORNSP-011MNLC’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 9, 2029.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP21743
- Filed
- November 9, 2009
- Granted
- March 1, 2011
- Expires
- November 9, 2029
- Assignee
- UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
- Inventor
- YENCHO G CRAIG; PECOTA KENNETH V
Abstract
‘NCORNSP-011MNLC’ is a new and distinct variety of ornamental sweetpotato having a very compact, semi-upright, densely-mounding cultivar producing many, short shoots; the instant variety is distinguishable from other cultivars by its purple leaves that have 5 to 7 extremely deep lobes, a very compact habit and erect architecture; and ‘NCORNSP-011MNLC’ has a good vigor, very well-branched, well-suited for production as a landscape or containerized plant and the production of flowers is rare, even under short day conditions.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ipomoea batatas plant named ‘NCORNSP-011MNLC’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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