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US Plant Patent PP27946

Flatter Me

Caladium plant named ‘Flatter Me’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 16, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27946, the photograph of Flatter Me printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27946, 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
PP27946
Filed
January 16, 2016
Granted
April 25, 2017
Expires
January 16, 2036
Assignee
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
Inventor
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Flatter Me’, characterized by its intermediate height, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderately rapid growth rate; glossy fancy-type leaves with dark green background color with variable green and grey green-colored blotches and mottling and red to red purple-colored venation and areas surrounding the veins; and above average tolerance to Xanthomonas Leaf Spot.

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 ‘Flatter Me’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27946 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.