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US Plant Patent PP36429

WCH OF14-1172

Caladium plant named ‘WCH OF14-1172’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 8, 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 PP36429, the photograph of WCH OF14-1172 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36429, 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
PP36429
Filed
May 8, 2024
Granted
February 4, 2025
Expires
May 8, 2044
Inventor
HARTMAN ROBERT DALE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘WCH OF14-1172’, characterized by its upright plant habit and intermediate to tall in height; dense, leafy and bushy appearance; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; fancy-type leaves that are medium green and white in color with random and variable pink-colored blushes with darker green-colored margins and venation; and petioles that are close to black in color with tan, brown to almost black-colored stripes.

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 ‘WCH OF14-1172’ as herein illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36429 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.