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US Plant Patent PP31567

Heart and Soul

Caladium plant named ‘Heart and Soul’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 25, 2038.

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 PP31567, the photograph of Heart and Soul printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31567, 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
PP31567
Filed
September 25, 2018
Granted
March 17, 2020
Expires
September 25, 2038
Assignee
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
Inventor
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Heart and Soul’, characterized by its short to intermediate height; upright and mounding plant habit; dense and bushy appearance; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; lance-type leaves that are dark green in color with greyed purple-colored venation, white, green, red and greyed purple-colored interveinal areas, and dark red-colored random spots; undulate margins give a ruffled appearance to the leaves; and petioles that are light greyed red to light greyed orange in color with greenish brown-colored stipples and streaks.

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 ‘Heart and Soul’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31567 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.