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US Plant Patent PP23651

NCORNSP-014BWPI

Sweetpotato plant named ‘NCORNSP-014BWPI’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 28, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 22, 2031. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23651, the photograph of NCORNSP-014BWPI printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23651, 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
PP23651
Filed
March 22, 2011
Granted
June 4, 2013
Expires
April 28, 2031
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE, PECOTA KENNETH V, REEBER MERI K, YENCHO G CRAIG
Inventor
YENCHO G CRAIG; PECOTA KENNETH V; REEBER MERI K

Abstract

‘NCORNSP-014BWPI’ is new and distinct variety of ornamental sweetpotato. ‘NCORNSP-014BWPI’ is an erect to semi-erect, bunch-type cultivar producing many short shoots. This ornamental sweetpotato variety is distinguishable from other cultivars by its toothed to slightly-lobed dark purple leaves, a compact habit and semi-erect mounding plant architecture. ‘NCORNSP-014BWPI’ has a very good vigor, is very well branched and is well suited for production as a landscape or containerized plant. The production of flowers by ‘NCORNSP-014BWPI’ is absent, even under short day conditions.

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 cultivar of Ipomoea batatas ornamental sweetpotato plant named ‘NCORNSP-014BWPI’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23651 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.