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US Plant Patent PP23613

NCORNSP-015SCPI

Sweetpotato plant named ‘NCORNSP-015SCPI’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 27, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 22, 2031. This patent earned 36 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23613, the photograph of NCORNSP-015SCPI printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23613, 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
PP23613
Filed
March 22, 2011
Granted
May 21, 2013
Expires
April 27, 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-015SCPI’ is new and distinct variety of ornamental sweetpotato. ‘NCORNSP-015SCPI’ is a compact, semi-upright; mounding, cultivar producing many short shoots. This ornamental sweetpotato variety is distinguishable from other cultivars by its dark purple leaves that have 3-5 moderate lobes, a more compact habit, and semi-erect mounding plant architecture. The leaves of ‘NCORNSP-015SCPI’ are slightly upright resulting in a more attractive appearance, and it has a very good plant vigor and is very well branched, making it very suitable for production as a landscape or containerized plant.

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 plant named ‘NCORNSP-015SCPI’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23613 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.