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US Plant Patent PP21744

NCORNSP-012EMLC

Sweetpotato plant named ‘NCORNSP-012EMLC’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21744, the photograph of NCORNSP-012EMLC printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21744, 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
PP21744
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-012EMLC’ is a new and distinct variety of ornamental sweetpotato having a compact, semi-upright, mounding and spreading habit; produces many short shoots; has foliage that is very deeply-lobed and light green to chartreuse colored; is highly branched and has good vigor; has distinctive twisting and outwardly curved petioles, causing the leaves to be presented on a horizontal plane; flower production is rare even under short day conditions; and is suitable for use as a landscape or containerized plant.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ipomoea batatas plant named ‘NCORNSP-012EMLC’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21744 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.