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US Plant Patent PP23994

Rio Red

Caladium plant named ‘Rio Red’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 20, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 29, 2031. This patent earned 113 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23994, the photograph of Rio Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23994, 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
PP23994
Filed
December 29, 2011
Granted
October 15, 2013
Expires
April 20, 2032
Assignee
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
Inventor
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Rio Red’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; short to intermediate plant size; uniform plant habit; vigorous and dense growth habit; lance-type leaves with dark greyed purple-colored venation and dark red and greyed purple-colored interveinal areas, reddish green-colored margins and black-colored leaf petioles; 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 ‘Rio Red’ as illustrated and described.

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