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US Plant Patent PP27071

Burning Heart

Caladium plant named ‘Burning Heart’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 18, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 4, 2034. This patent earned 104 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27071, the photograph of Burning Heart printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27071, 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
PP27071
Filed
December 4, 2014
Granted
August 16, 2016
Expires
March 18, 2035
Inventor
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Burning Heart’, characterized by its intermediate height, upright and uniform plant habit; vigorous growth habit; rapid growth rate; fancy-type leaves with upper leaf surface bronze in color with contrasting salmon orange-colored spots and lower leaf surface greyed green in color; and good landscape performance.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Caladium plant named ‘Burning Heart’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27071 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.