Patents by Inventor Hans Andrew Hansen

Hans Andrew Hansen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: PP16895
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Journey's End’, a sport of Hosta ‘Choo Choo Train’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with yellow-green centers and green margins comprising about one third to one half of the leaf area. ‘Journey's End’ has a mounded plant habit of large broad leaves, a vigorous growth rate, and pale lavender flowers held above the foliage in early to mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17093
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Atlantis’, a sport of Hosta ‘Abba Dabba Do’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with green centers and wide yellow-green margins comprising about on third of the leaf area. ‘Atlantis’ is a large Hosta with an upright, mounded habit, a vigorous growth rate, and lavender flowers held on upright scapes in mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Inventors: Hans Andrew Hansen, Tony Avent
  • Patent number: PP17251
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Rainbow's End’, a sport of Hosta ‘Obsession’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with dark green margins comprising about one third of the leaf area and centers that emerge yellow green and turn creamy white. ‘Rainbow's End’ is a medium sized Hosta with a mounded plant habit and pale violet flowers held above the foliage in late summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17294
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Lonesome Dove’, that is characterized by its variegated foliage with glaucous green margins comprising about two thirds of the leaf area and creamy white centers that are primarily ovate in shape with additional areas radiating from the base of the leaf. An intermediate lighter green area occurs between the boundaries of the margins and centers and also radiating out from the leaf base. ‘Lonesome Dove’ is a medium sized Hosta with an upright mounded plant habit that blooms in mid summer with lavender flowers that that are held above the foliage on erect scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery , LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17295
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Cathedral Windows’, derived as a sport of ‘Stained Glass’ and characterized by wide dark green margins and bright yellow-green centers that intensify in color in summer. ‘Cathedral Windows’ blooms in late July to late August with nearly white flowers held above the foliage on erect scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17296
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Hollywood Lights’, a sport of Hosta ‘On Stage’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with wide dark green margins comprising up to two thirds of the leaf area and centers that emerge yellow and change to yellow-green in summer. ‘Hollywood Lights’ is a large sized Hosta with a mounded plant habit and very pale lavender flowers that emerge in mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17309
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Prairie Sky’, that is characterized by its intensely blue foliage with leaves that are heart-shaped, slightly cupped and lightly puckered. ‘Prairie Sky’ has a vigorous growth habit and blooms in mid July to mid August with pale lavender flowers on erect scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17311
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Mourning Dove’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage of wedge-shaped leaves with blue-green centers and yellow-green margins comprising about one fourth of the leaf area. ‘Mourning Dove’ is a medium sized Hosta with a flat mounded plant habit that blooms in late summer with lavender flowers that arise on scapes held almost horizontal to the foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17313
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘High Society’, a sport of Hosta ‘June’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with wide blue-green margins comprising about two thirds of the leaf area, centers that emerge yellow green turning to white, with intermediate areas of bright green. ‘High Society’ is a smaller Hosta, in comparison to ‘June’, with a mounded plant habit and pinkish white flowers held above the foliage that are present from late summer to early fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP17441
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘American Icon’, a sport of Hosta Choo Choo Train, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with green centers and yellow-green margins comprising about one third of the leaf area. ‘American Icon’ has a mounded plant habit of large broad leaves, a vigorous growth rate, and pale lavender flowers held above the foliage in early to mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP19647
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Roy Klehm’, a chemically induced chimeral mutation of Hosta ‘Summer Serenade’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with bright yellow-green centers and wide deep green margins comprising about one half of the leaf area. ‘Roy Klehm’ has an upright plant habit with leaves held horizontal on upright petioles and near white flowers held on erect flower scapes that arise above the foliage in mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP19674
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Hosta named ‘Neptune’, characterized by its ovate-shaped, blue-green leaves with undulating margins and an intense glaucous bloom on the lower surface. Its leaves cascade downward to form an upright, mounded habit with pale lavender flowers emerging on arching scapes in late summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP19835
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Silk Road’, a chimeral mutation of Hosta ‘Silk Kimono’, characterized by its unique variegated foliage with deep green centers and wide creamy yellow to creamy white margins comprising about one half of the leaf area. ‘Silk Road’ has an upright plant habit of large broadly ovate leaves held horizontally on erect petioles and blooms with pale lavender flowers held on erect flower scapes in mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP20862
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Hosta named ‘Cat and Mouse’, characterized by its miniature plant size, its mounded plant habit, its round, glaucous leaves that are variegated with yellow-green center with blue-green margins in spring with the centers turning brighter and the margins turning greener in summer and its white flowers striped with lavender emerging in early summer on erect flower scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP23872
    Abstract: A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia, ‘Dutch Chocolate’, characterized by its purple-brown flowers that are held on erect flower stems, its densely branched, mounded and compact plant habit, its vigorous growth rate and its hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP23891
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Baptisia, ‘Blueberry Sundae’ characterized by its flowers that are blue in color and held on erect flower stems, its densely branched, uniform and upright plant habit, its vigorous growth rate and hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP23907
    Abstract: A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia, ‘Cherries Jubilee’, characterized by its bi-color flowers that are maroon with a yellow keel held on erect flower stems, its densely branched, uniform and upright plant habit, its vigorous growth rate and its hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP24280
    Abstract: A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia, ‘Lemon Merinque’, characterized by its flowers that are yellow in color on erect flower stems with a charcoal colored overlay, its densely branched, uniform and upright plant habit and its vigorous growth rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP25663
    Abstract: A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia, ‘Vanilla Cream’, that is characterized by its creamy white flowers held on erect flower stems, with growth tips that are brown-purple in color, its densely branched, uniform and compact plant habit, its moderate growth rate, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP26587
    Abstract: A new cultivar of interspecific Baptisia, ‘Grape Taffy’, characterized by its deep purple flowers, its compact growth habit, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen