US Plant Patent PP25423
Debutante
Caladium plant named ‘Debutante’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 26, 2033.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 14, 2033. This patent earned 135 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP25423
- Filed
- May 14, 2013
- Granted
- April 7, 2015
- Expires
- September 26, 2033
- Assignee
- HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
- Inventor
- HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Debutante’, characterized by its compact, upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; lance-type leaves with white-colored background variably tinged with pink and with distinct dark green-colored venation and red purple-colored leaf notch; and good landscape performance.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Caladium plant named ‘Debutante’ as illustrated and described.
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