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US Plant Patent PP29378

NCORNSP-021SHJB

Sweetpotato plant named ‘NCORNSP-021SHJB’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 30, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 4, 2036. This patent earned 56 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29378, the photograph of NCORNSP-021SHJB printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29378, 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
PP29378
Filed
November 4, 2016
Granted
June 12, 2018
Expires
December 30, 2036
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Inventor
YENCHO GEORGE CRAIG; REEBER MERI K; PECOTA KENNETH VINCENT

Abstract

‘NCORNSP-021SHJB’ is a moderately compact, to compact, non-twining, slightly upright variety producing many short shoots. It is distinguishable from other cultivars by its purple heart shaped leaves that are entire with a cordate base; a moderately compact to compact habit and semi-erect mounding plant architecture. The purple leaves of this plant, short internodes, and the plant architecture are what make ‘NCORNSP-021SHJB’ unique amongst the current ornamental sweetpotatoes in the marketplace. ‘NCORNSP-021SHJB’ also exhibits very good vigor and is very well branched. In greenhouse and field trials conducted since 2013, ‘NCORNSP-021SHJB’ has been shown to be much less vigorous than Ipomoea batatas ‘Margarita’ and ‘Blackie’ and is suitable for use as a landscape or containerized plant. The production of flowers by ‘NCORNSP-021SHJB’ is sporadic 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 plant named ‘NCORNSP-021SHJB’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29378 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.