Patents Examined by Susan McCormick-Ewoldt
  • Patent number: 11653607
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of Gypsophila paniculata, specifically, the variety designated ‘DGYPSALBBF’, and its unique acute inflorescence branching. The present invention relates to plant parts, including cells and any propagative material of the new variety ‘DGYPSALBBF’, and use of any of the plant parts for reproducing the new variety ‘DGYPSALBBF’. The present invention relates to methods using any plant parts of ‘DGYPSALBBF’ for the purpose of deriving additional new Gypsophila varieties. The present invention relates to seed, plants and plant parts produced by crossing ‘DGYPSALBBF’ with any other Gypsophila variety. The present invention also relates to methods to produce new varieties of Gypsophila paniculata using the variety ‘DGYPSALBBF’ and applying plant breeding techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Gavriel Danziger, Noam Shpayer, Amir Zuker
  • Patent number: PP35095
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chamelaucium cultivar named ‘SIRIUS’ is disclosed, characterized by abundant, large white flowers and flower buds flushed salmon pink. Petals have a semi-erect attitude. Flower production begins in winter. The new variety is a Chamelaucium, normally producing cut flower stems, or as a garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Nitzan Nir
  • Patent number: PP35098
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘MI02648’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; strong and flexible flowering stems; compact and semi-erect leaves; freely flowering habit with typically two inflorescences per plant, each inflorescence with numerous flowers; bright yellow-colored flowers with reddish orange-colored stripes that resist fading; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MICROFLOR N.V.
    Inventor: Febe Flore
  • Patent number: PP35099
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Baldadenapr’, characterized by its double-type, yellow-orange colored inflorescences, dark green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventors: Jeroen Gitzels, Jolanda Krassenburg
  • Patent number: PP35100
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Baldaora’, characterized by its double-type, orange-colored inflorescences, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Jeroen Gitzels
  • Patent number: PP35104
    Abstract: ‘CORSPAVAR2’ is a new and distinctive Spathiphyllum plant which is characterized by a compact growth habit, an abundance of narrow-elliptic foliage with moderately undulated leaf margins, dark green and glossy foliage that is irregularly flecked with light greyed-green in an irregularly pinnate pattern, white spathes which become progressively suffused with yellow-green as they age which creates a variegation pattern similar to that of the foliage, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel Cornelis
  • Patent number: PP35114
    Abstract: A new Petunia plant named ‘PEHY0076’ particularly distinguished by its small sized, red-purple with white flowers, medium to late flowering and a mounding plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Theodorus Cornelis Maria Van Kleinwee
  • Patent number: PP35122
    Abstract: A new Mandevilla plant named ‘MANZ0023’, particularly distinguished by its large red nonfading flowers, glossy and smooth dark green foliage, bushy plant habit with a tendency to produce vines under low light growing conditions and with excellent branching and flower production and fast flowering response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • Patent number: PP35130
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘White Treasure Wind’, characterized by its semi-upright and uniformly mounded plant habit appropriate for container production; freely branching habit, dense and bushy appearance; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, freely and early flowering habit; single white-colored flowers with dark red-colored centers; good postproduction and garden performance; and tolerance to Bacterial Leaf Spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ARIS HORTICULTURE, INC.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. Vandenberg
  • Patent number: PP35148
    Abstract: ‘NCORNSP-029SCBC’ is a vigorous, highly-twining, climbing variety of Ipomoea batatas producing many shoots. It is distinguishable from other ornamental sweetpotato cultivars by its palmate, deeply lobed leaves with 3-5 lobes, an aggressive climbing habit, and heavily branched architecture. The purple leaves, long internodes, and the plant architecture, which promotes good plant production in the greenhouse for wholesale distributors, distinguishes ‘NCORNSP-029SCBC’ amongst the current ornamental sweetpotatoes in the marketplace. ‘NCORNSP-029SCBC’ exhibits very good vigor and is very well branched. ‘NCORNSP-029SCBC’ is suitable for use in vertical landscape or container plantings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: George Craig Yencho, Kenneth Vincent Pecota, Christopher Heim
  • Patent number: PP35149
    Abstract: A new Pelargonium plant named ‘PEQZ0088’ particularly distinguished by vibrant dark red colored inflorescences with semi-double florets, held above dark green foliage with slight zoning on a vigorous upright plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Ronald Christiaan Snijder
  • Patent number: PP35152
    Abstract: A new and distinct Alocasia plant named ‘AS12-1’ particularly distinguished by unique large and broadly ovate to cordate shaped leaves with undulating leaf margins that fold downwards giving the leaf an overall scalloped appearance, moderate olive-green color on the upper side of mature leaves and unique dark greyish purple color on the underside of mature leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Agri-Starts, Inc.
    Inventors: Ty R. Strode, Karen G. Steinkamp
  • Patent number: PP35159
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Cupressus plant named ‘RutCup1’, characterized by its wider form and similar heigh and growth rate to Cupressus arizonica var. glabra cultivars; glaucous, blue-green foliage; resistance to Passalora blight; and cold hardiness to about ?30° C. in laboratory tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Ruter
  • Patent number: PP35170
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy, herbaceous, perennial, hybrid Hibiscus plant named ‘Valentine's Crush’ comprising an upright mounded habit of multiple, well-branched, basal stems producing flowers from the bottom to the top of the plant from late July to early September. Flowers have highly-overlapping petals of bright-red with a slightly-shiny dark red shiny eye. The foliage is variably cleft to incised tri-lobed, and dark-green colored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP35171
    Abstract: The unique annual herbaceous Cannabis plant variety ‘SW0’ is provided. The variety can be distinguished by its outstanding features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MH Consulting, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Haddad
  • Patent number: PP35184
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘KRHAISU01’ characterized by its broadly upright to spreading and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; moderately freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; double-type male flowers that are pinkish apricot in color and held above and beyond the foliar plane; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KOPPE ROYALTY B.V.
    Inventor: Lubbertus H. Koppe
  • Patent number: PP35192
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental cultivar of Bee Balm Monarda plant named ‘Lavender Taffeta’ has medium-height, winter hardy, dense, vigorous clumping habit, dark green glossy foliage that exhibits strong resistance to powdery mildew, and numerous large flower heads of dark lavender-purple-colored flowers creating excellent flower coverage. The lower petals have darker strong purplish-red spots, and each flower head is subtended by burgundy-colored bracts. The new plant is attractive and useful in the garden landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP35204
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Fragaria plant named ‘Malling Vitality’ that is characterized by its semi-upright growth habit, its large leaf size, its attitude of petiole hairs that are slightly outwards, its large sized flowers, its calyx that is smaller in relation to the corolla, its petals that are white in color, its berries that are slightly longer in relation to width, large in size, conical in shape and medium red in color with achenes that are positioned below the surface (sunken), its sepals that are held outward, its calyx diameter that is similar to the fruit diameter, and its early to medium flowering time and fruit ripening time, and its fruit bearing that is not remontant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NIAB
    Inventors: Adam Barrie Whitehouse, David William Simpson, Abigail Johnson
  • Patent number: PP35205
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Fragaria plant named ‘Malling Ace’ that is characterized by its semi-upright growth habit, its large leaf size, its attitude of petiole hairs that are slightly outwards, its large sized flowers, its calyx and corolla that are the same size, its flower petals that are white in color, its berries that are slightly longer in relation to width, large in size, conical in shape and medium red in color, flesh that is red in color with a white core and achenes that are positioned below the surface, its sepals that are held outward, its calyx diameter that is slightly larger in relation to the fruit size, its medium to late flowering time and fruit ripening time, and its fully remontant fruit bearing habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NIAB
    Inventors: Adam Barrie Whitehouse, David William Simpson, Abigail Johnson
  • Patent number: PP35213
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental grass named Panicum virgatum ‘Red Flame’ with blue-green foliage that develops bright wine coloration in late summer on a large portion of the upper foliage, with upright and arching habit and dense culms producing airy panicles of burgundy, suitable as a multi-seasonal interest as a mass or specimen landscaping, potted plant, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Martin Quinn