Patents Examined by Keith Robinson
  • Patent number: PP28276
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘INMANWHIMP’, characterized by its relatively compact broadly upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; relatively small glossy dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and pure white-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Innovaplant Zierpflanzen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Birgit Hofmann
  • Patent number: PP28277
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Sunpapri’, characterized by its vining plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; and medium-sized light to pale orange-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Tomoya Misato
  • Patent number: PP28280
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hydrangea cultivar named ‘NCHA4’ is disclosed, characterized by large, mop-head inflorescences with prevalent sterile flowers. Plants produce distinctive two-toned sepals with pink upper surfaces and deep pink lower surfaces. Plant habit is compact, and plants are triploid. The new variety is a Hydrangea normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: North Carolina University
    Inventor: Thomas Green Ranney
  • Patent number: PP28284
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Sempervivum plant named ‘Gold Nugget’ characterized by its unique foliage coloration throughout the growing seasons; spring coloration is golden green with dark red margins (picotee), summer coloration is lime green without red margins, fall coloration is golden yellow with dark red leaf margins, winter coloration is red, its very vigorous growth habit, its plant height up to 7.6 cm and a plant width of 13 cm, and by its hardiness in at least U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher M. Hansen
  • Patent number: PP28315
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘INMANREDSCAR’ that is characterized by early flowering, a compact habit, green leaves and large red flowers that open wide and are resistant to sun fading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: InnovaPlant GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Birgit Hofmann
  • Patent number: PP28316
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hydrangea cultivar named ‘NCHA2’ is disclosed, characterized by large, mop-head inflorescences with prevalent sterile flowers and large, dark pink sepals. Plant habit is compact, and plants are triploid. The new variety is a Hydrangea normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Green Ranney
  • Patent number: PP28317
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hydrangea cultivar named ‘NCHA3’ is disclosed, characterized by large, mop-head inflorescences with prevalent sterile flowers. Flower buds are red and open with dark pink sepals. Plant habit is compact, and plants are triploid. The new variety is a Hydrangea normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: North Carolina University
    Inventor: Thomas Green Ranney
  • Patent number: PP28328
    Abstract: A new and distinct Aloe cultivar named ‘Ovaljaws’ which is characterized by the combination of an upright growth habit, compact size, dark green foliage with an abundance of spines, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation. The new variety is an Aloe, typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Ovata B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Hendrikus Adrianus Ammerlaan
  • Patent number: PP28329
    Abstract: ‘PHIL01’ is a distinctive Philodendron cultivar which is characterized by the combination of a short plant height, a high degree of basal branching and small lanceolate foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventors: Rob Pilling, Alison Pilling
  • Patent number: PP28349
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘INMANSTAPI’, characterized by its relatively compact plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; relatively small glossy dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and relatively small flowers that are red purple in color with a light pink- colored central star pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Innovaplant Zierpflanzen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Birgit Hofmann
  • Patent number: PP28359
    Abstract: A new and distinct Malus domestica Borkh apple tree variety named ‘MILLY’, particularly characterized by its medium-strong vigor and early and constant production. Fructification is precocious, and the productivity is high. The fruits have medium to big size, are slightly asymmetric, with an attractive red-purple color on 50-60% of the surface. The flesh is crispy, juicy and firm and has a mild flavor. The taste is very good and the aroma is mild, slightly acid to sweet, with a good sugar content with balanced acidity level. Good tendency to long term storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Luigi Salvi
  • Patent number: PP28360
    Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘Smooth Texan Two’. This new variety, which requires approximately 600 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a nectarine tree of early season maturity, which ripens in mid to late May in the medium chill zone of Texas and produces yellow fleshed fruit that are firm, attractively colored, and suitable for both local and regional markets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: David H. Byrne, Natalie Anderson
  • Patent number: PP28363
    Abstract: Mint selection 13-S12-2, denominated ‘Jefferson spearmint ’ is a new Mentha sp. cultivar that produces an essential oil different in composition and has a compact plant type and resistance to mint wilt (Verticillium dahliae).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ESSEX LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: Donald D. Roberts
  • Patent number: PP28370
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Platanus, ‘Woodside Column’, that is characterized by its narrow upright plant habit, its ease of propagation by softwood stem cuttings, its ease of transplanting with good re-growth, and its moderate growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BOOMKWEKERIJ GEBR. VAN DEN BERK BV
    Inventor: Hans van Rijsewijk
  • Patent number: PP28400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plum tree and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a medium to large size, vigorous, hardy, and productive tree. Being self-unfruitful, the present variety requires cross pollination from an apricot, interspecific, or plum that blooms during the mid to late season, such as ‘September Yummy’ plum (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,220). The present variety produces a medium amount of bloom with plenty of pollen to entice good bee activity to facilitate pollination. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described during the last part of September, with first picking on Sep. 21, 2015, and will hang on the tree an additional twenty days. The fruit is uniformly medium to large in size, full red in skin color, full red in flesh color, semi-freestone in type, mostly oblate in shape, firm in texture, very sweet, and excellent in flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventors: Lowell Glen Bradford, Jon M. Quisenberry
  • Patent number: PP28430
    Abstract: A new and distinct Campanula plant named ‘PTDB141302’, characterized by its compact, upright to spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely flowering habit; dark violet-colored flowers; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Genius Genes Production Facilities B.V.
    Inventor: Peter van de Pol
  • Patent number: PP28432
    Abstract: A new and distinct Ornithogalum cultivar named ‘MFYELLSTAR’ is disclosed, characterized by sterility, long inflorescence of 30 cm, height of 60 cm, a high yield of 2-3 inflorescence per bulb and yellow flower petals. The new variety is an Ornithogalum, normally produced as an ornamental plant or cut flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventor: Michael Frank
  • Patent number: PP28446
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘FGRRV1’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading to strongly vining plant habit; medium green and creamy white variegated leaves that are initially tinged with red; red purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: FURY GENETICS LLC
    Inventor: Richard C. Kearley, Jr.
  • Patent number: PP28447
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Lanflorida’, characterized by its upright and twining plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and white-colored flowers with red purple-colored centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: D.H.M. Innovation S.A.S.
    Inventor: Robert Lannes
  • Patent number: PP28452
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Balendmag’, characterized by its dark red-purple colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, spreading-trailing growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees