US Plant Patent PP14402

Florida White Ruffles

Caladium plant named ‘Florida White Ruffles’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 8, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP14402, the photograph of Florida White Ruffles printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP14402, 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: PP14402
Filed: November 8, 2002
Granted: December 23, 2003
Expires: November 8, 2022
Assignee: FLORIDA FOUND SEED PRODUCERS INC
Inventor: MIRANDA BALDWIN D

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Florida White Ruffles’, characterized by its compact and densely-foliated plant habit suitable for container production; upright, outwardly arching and symmetrical plant form; and white and dark green bi-colored leaves that are lanceolate in shape.

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 cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Florida White Ruffles’, as illustrated and described.

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