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.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27071
- Filed
- December 4, 2014
- Granted
- August 16, 2016
- Expires
- March 18, 2035
- Assignee
- HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
- 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.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Caladium plant named ‘Burning Heart’ as illustrated and described.
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