Patents Examined by Karen Redden
  • Patent number: PP28613
    Abstract: A new and unique X Mangave plant named ‘Pineapple Express’ characterized by rapid growth rate and compact habit of stiff, upright to outward pointing, succulent foliage gray-green coloring and burgundy speckling. The green flowers on heavily-branched, tall, stiff, purplish tinted scapes are loaded with nectar are highly attractive to hummingbirds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Patent number: PP28614
    Abstract: A new and unique X Mangave plant named ‘Kaleidoscope’ characterized by long arching succulent foliage with blue-green centers and variegated yellowish-green to yellowish-cream margins developing under ultra violet light grey-purple to cherry red speckling throughout and strong cherry-red tinting in the margin. The green flowers on tall stiff scapes are loaded with nectar are highly attractive to hummingbirds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Patent number: PP28623
    Abstract: The new variety ‘T-1101’ ripens around late May in southern Georgia and mid June in middle Georgia. The fruit of the new variety ‘T-1101’ are very large, firm, have good flavor and scar. The new variety ‘T-1101’ is vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 400 to 450 hours at or below approximately 7° C. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: D. Scott NeSmith
  • Patent number: PP28624
    Abstract: The new variety ‘T-460’ ripens around mid June in southern Georgia and early July in middle Georgia. The fruit of the new variety ‘T-460’ are large, with good scar and very good color. The new variety ‘T-460’ is moderately vigorous with an estimated chilling requirement of about 500 to 550 hours at or below approximately 7° C. The asexually reproduced variety is reliably propagated vegetatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: D. Scott NeSmith
  • Patent number: PP28626
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apricot tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Tree having a vigorous, semi-spreading growth habit. 2. Tree being a regular and productive bearer of medium to large size fruit. 3. Fruit with an attractive orange skin color. 4. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit with good handling and shipping quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Neil Zaiger, Leith Marie Gardner, Grant Gene Zaiger
  • Patent number: PP28639
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER35_11’, characterized by its uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; inflorescences with bright red purple-colored flower bracts with white-colored margins; and good post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dümmer Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • Patent number: PP28640
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER7_13’, characterized by its relatively compact, uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely and upright to somewhat outwardly branching habit; very dark green-colored leaves; large inflorescences with golden yellow-colored flower bracts; and good post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • Patent number: PP28641
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER12_11’, characterized by its uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; inflorescences with pale pink-colored flower bracts; and good post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • Patent number: PP28642
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘PER6115’, characterized by its uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely and upright to somewhat outwardly branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; under natural season conditions, plants flower on or about November 16 in Southern California; large inflorescences with smooth and bright red-colored flower bracts; and good post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • Patent number: PP28659
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided that forms abundantly and substantially continuously attractive very double well-configured luminous light pink blossoms which display a strong fragrance. The growth habit is bushy, and very strong vegetation is formed. The dark green vegetation is dense and bears a semi-glossy aspect on the upper surface that contrasts nicely with the light pink blossom coloration. The disease tolerance is very good particularly with respect to black spot. The plant is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: THE CONARD-PYLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Alain A. Meilland
  • Patent number: PP28661
    Abstract: A new and distinct Floribunda rose plant is provided that commonly commences blooming early in the season and forms abundantly and substantially continuously attractive red and white very double blossoms. The growth habit is compact and bushy. Strong vegetation is formed. The vegetation is dense and bears a glossy aspect on the upper surface. During observations to date the tolerance to diseases has been good, particularly with respect to Oidium. The plant is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: THE CONARD-PYLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Alain A. Meilland
  • Patent number: PP28677
    Abstract: A new and distinct Vanda cultivar named ‘SPCDW1510’ which is characterized by pink sepals and petals which are margined red-purple and heavily dotted and blotched red-purple, sepals that also exhibit a dark red-purple irregular tessellation pattern, a labellum with purple lateral lobes that are striped red-purple and a dark red-purple central lobe, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Suphatchatwong Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Thumrong Suphachadiwong
  • Patent number: PP28678
    Abstract: A new and distinct Vanda cultivar named ‘SPCDW1508’ which is characterized by sepals and petals with a white to light violet base color and a prominent dark violet irregular tessellation pattern, overlapping sepals and petals which twist in a propeller-like fashion, excellent plant vigor, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Suphatchatwong Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Thumrong Suphachadiwong
  • Patent number: PP28702
    Abstract: A new and distinct Fuchsia cultivar named ‘FWUNW20-0’ is disclosed, characterized a well branched, upright mounded growth habit and strong stems. Flowers have a highly reflexed bright pink calyx, which fully exposes a white corolla. The new variety is a Fuchsia, typically produced as a garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Floranova Ltd.
    Inventor: Marie Bradford
  • Patent number: PP28703
    Abstract: A new poinsettia plant particularly distinguished by having red bracts, a triangular plant form, an upright growth habit, and excellent keeping quality, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Klemm, Guido Von Tubeuf
  • Patent number: PP28704
    Abstract: A new and distinct Vanda cultivar named ‘SPCDW1506’ which is characterized by flowers with a dark yellow to somewhat peach base color and an overlaying irregular tessellation pattern comprised of a coalescence of greyed-purple blurred dots and blotches, highly ruffled sepal and petal margins, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Suphatchatwong Innovation Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Thumrong Suphachadiwong
  • Patent number: PP28706
    Abstract: A new Dahlia plant named ‘DAHZ0001’, particularly distinguished by the large yellow double-type flowers, full and compact plant habit with excellent branching, medium green foliage, and good floriferiousness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Eric Giesen
  • Patent number: PP28707
    Abstract: A new Dahlia plant named ‘DAHZ0012’, particularly distinguished by large white full double flowers, an upright plant habit with excellent branching, dark green foliage, and good floriferousness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Eric Giesen
  • Patent number: PP28731
    Abstract: A new and distinct Adenium plant named ‘GEM-113-1’ particularly distinguished by having very large flowers averaging 12.0 cm in diameter and averaging 9.0 cm from the petal tips to the base of the floral tube, flowers held erect on the stems when open, a third row of petals expressed in the flowers forming a triple flower, a very large floral tube averaging 3.0 cm in width and 4.0 cm in length, thick stems providing a vigorous and strong appearing growth habit, and large, very dark glossy green leaves, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Richard J. Henny
  • Patent number: PP28740
    Abstract: A new Dahlia plant named ‘DAHZ0004’, particularly distinguished by the large pink, double-type flowers, an upright plant habit with good branching, dark green foliage, and good floriferousness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventor: Eric Giesen