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US Plant Patent PP23992

Heart's Delight

Caladium plant named ‘Heart's Delight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 7, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 29, 2031. This patent earned 130 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23992, the photograph of Heart's Delight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23992, 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
PP23992
Filed
December 29, 2011
Granted
October 15, 2013
Expires
May 7, 2032
Assignee
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
Inventor
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Heart's Delight’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; intermediate to tall plant size; uniform plant habit; vigorous and dense growth habit; lance-type leaves with red-colored venation, greyed purple-colored interveinal areas and mottled light and dark green-colored borders; and good landscape performance.

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's Delight’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23992 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.