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US Plant Patent PP36449

RUF OF18-231

Caladium plant named ‘RUF OF18-231’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 7, 2044.

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 PP36449, the photograph of RUF OF18-231 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36449, 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
PP36449
Filed
May 7, 2024
Granted
February 11, 2025
Expires
May 7, 2044
Assignee
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE
Inventor
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘RUF OF18-231’, characterized by its upright plant habit and short in height; compact, leafy and bushy appearance; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; lance-type leaves that are dark green in color with red-colored venation and brighter red-colored interveinal areas with variable and random salmon pink or white-colored spots, flecks or speckles; and petioles that are pink in color with greenish brown-colored streaks, stippling and tessellations.

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 ‘RUF OF18-231’ as illustrated and described herein.

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