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US Plant Patent PP29858

NCORNSP-023BWAM

Sweetpotato plant named ‘NCORNSP-023BWAM’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 29, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 4, 2036. This patent earned 55 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29858, the photograph of NCORNSP-023BWAM printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29858, 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
PP29858
Filed
November 4, 2016
Granted
November 20, 2018
Expires
December 29, 2036
Assignee
UNIV NORTH CAROLINA STATE
Inventor
YENCHO GEORGE CRAIG; REEBER MERI K; PECOTA KENNETH VINCENT

Abstract

‘NCORNSP-023BWAM’ is a compact, non-twining, upright variety producing many short shoots. It is distinguishable from other cultivars by its purple toothed-slightly lobed leaves with a cordate base; a compact habit and erect mounding plant architecture. The purple-toothed leaves of this plant, short internodes, and the plant architecture are what make ‘NCORNSP-023BWAM’ unique amongst the current ornamental sweetpotatoes in the marketplace. ‘NCORNSP-023BWAM’ also exhibits very good vigor and is well branched. In greenhouse and field trials conducted since 2012, ‘NCORNSP-023BWAM’ 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-023BWAM’ 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-023BWAM’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29858 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.