US Plant Patent PP23612
NCORNSP-013GNLC
Sweetpotato plant named ‘NCORNSP-013GNLC’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 26, 2031.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 22, 2031. This patent earned 35 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23612
- Filed
- March 22, 2011
- Granted
- May 21, 2013
- Expires
- April 26, 2031
- Inventor
- YENCHO G CRAIG; PECOTA KENNETH V; REEBER MERI K
Abstract
‘NCORNSP-013GNLC’ is new and distinct variety of ornamental sweetpotato. It is a compact, semi-upright; mounding, spreading, cultivar producing many short shoots. This ornamental sweetpotato variety is distinguishable from other cultivars by its burgundy red leaves that have 5-7 extremely deep lobes; a compact habit and semi-erect mounding plant architecture. Furthermore, ‘NCORNSP-013GNLC’ has a very good vigor, is very well branched and is desirable for production as a landscape or containerized plant. The production of flowers by ‘NCORNSP-013GNLC’ is moderate under short day conditions.
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We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ipomoea batatas plant named ‘NCORNSP-013GNLC’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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