US Plant Patent PP29941
V12B.445
Sweetpotato plant named ‘V12B.445’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 28, 2036.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 20, 2036. This patent earned 69 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP29941
- Filed
- October 20, 2016
- Granted
- December 4, 2018
- Expires
- December 28, 2036
- Assignee
- BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIV AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE THROUGH THE LSU, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIV AND A&M COLLEGE THROUGH THE LSU AGCENTER
- Inventor
- LABONTE DON R; CLARK CHRISTOPHER A; PRIMOMO VALERIO
Abstract
A new variety of sweetpotato, identified as ‘V12B.445’, is disclosed having disease resistance to both fusarium wilt and Streptomyces soil rot; an orange flesh and purple-red skin, and high yield characteristics.
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 variety of Ipomoea batatas plant named ‘V12B.445’ as described and illustrated in the specification herein.
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