Patents Issued in April 5, 2016
  • Dispenser for cosmetics
    Patent number: D753341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Francis Moreaux
  • Electric shaver
    Patent number: D753342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kensaku Okabe
  • Cartridge for cosmetic device
    Patent number: D753343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SOFT LINES INTERNATIONAL,LTD.
    Inventor: Wai Wah Yiu
  • Stretchable band for use on arms, legs, necks, waists with interchangeable outer band
    Patent number: D753344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Barbara Kantor
  • Weld cap
    Patent number: D753345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NINGBO GEOSTAR PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaolin Yang
  • Helmet
    Patent number: D753346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: KRANOS IP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Erb, Cortney Warmouth, Louis Anthony VanHoutin, Kip Meyer, Dan Meyer, Rob Ball
  • Pet carrier
    Patent number: D753347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Xiamen Sunnypet Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kongzhi Lu
  • Dummy for animals
    Patent number: D753348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Jordi Ferres Garcia
  • Pet feeder
    Patent number: D753349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Zillians Inc.
    Inventor: Mu-Chi Sung
  • Pet harness
    Patent number: D753350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: BEST FRIEND GROUP OY
    Inventors: Niina Thitz, Kati Rissanen
  • Throwable animal toy
    Patent number: D753351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Anderson
  • Equine mask
    Patent number: D753352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Tonda Collins
  • Washing machine
    Patent number: D753353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-Doo Kim, Jinnam Kim, Sungjae Lee, Chris Bangle
  • Window cleaner
    Patent number: D753354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Luca Casini
  • Grill cleaning device
    Patent number: D753355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Grillbot, LLC
    Inventor: Ethan Woods
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D753356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mark Stamford Vanderstegen-Drake, Peter David Gammack, Jonathan George Marsh, Adam James Bates
  • Inner barrel with dehydrating hole of washing machine
    Patent number: D753357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: WUXI LITTLE SWAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shuwang Song, Jiang Wu, Pengcheng Xu
  • Hose for cleaner
    Patent number: D753358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Hee Kim, YoungSung Lee
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D753359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D753360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Tool for a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D753361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Samuel Steven Cole, Sean Ventress, Adam James Bates, Andrea Ee-Va Lim, Peter David Gammack, James Dyson
  • Air blower
    Patent number: D753362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: YI KUEN SHENG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ying-Kuei Wu
  • Can-shaped recycle bin
    Patent number: D753363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Eco-Cans, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio Iriarte, Christian Infante
  • Refuse cart
    Patent number: D753364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: IPL INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Gabriel Labrecque, Daisy Del Rosario Roy, Francis Cote, Roch Nolet, Yvan Marcoux, Luc Petitpas
  • Travelator
    Patent number: D753365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventors: Thomas Illedits, Robert Schulz, Michael Matheisl, Christoph Makovec, Uwe Hauer
  • plant named ‘SFROSA154’
    Patent number: PP26568
    Abstract: A new cultivar of shrub rose, ‘SFROSA154’, that is characterized by its compact, upright and branching plant habit, its semi-double flowers with eight to ten petals that are salmon pink in color, its dark green foliage, its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 6, and its tolerance to powdery mildew and rust in California trials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SUNRISE FARMFLOWERS, LLC
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Garden rose plant named ‘Poulren014’
    Patent number: PP26569
    Abstract: A new garden rose plant of the grandiflora class which has abundant, red-purple flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S
    Inventor: Mogens Nyegaard Olesen
  • Grandiflora rose plant named ‘KORfre0005’
    Patent number: PP26570
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel lavender flowers, and attractive foliage with very good disease resistance. It exhibits upright to bushy growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: W. Kordes Sohne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Avocado tree named ‘Nico’
    Patent number: PP26571
    Abstract: The ‘Nico’ avocado is of medium size, average 16-22 ounces and being about 5.3 inches in length, and has overall good eating qualities. The fruit matures and can be picked in March to early April. The fruit is an ovate berry that has a soft shelled, smooth textured, exocarp that is dark green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Alcides Acosta
  • Avocado tree named ‘Victor’
    Patent number: PP26572
    Abstract: The ‘Victor’ avocado is of medium size, average 16-22 ounces and being about 4.5-5 inches in diameter and 6 inches in length. The fruit matures and can be picked in late February to late March. The fruit is an ovate berry having a seed that is tight in the cavity and is 2.5 to 3.25 inches long and dark brown in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Alcides Acosta
  • Coast redwood tree with periclinal chimeric albinism named ‘Mosaic Delight’
    Patent number: PP26573
    Abstract: ‘Mosaic Delight’ is a new and distinct variety of albino coast redwood tree characterized by a non-grafted periclinal chimera exhibiting stable albino growth from inside the apical meristem dome. The new variety contains axillary and/or accessory buds forming within the branch collar zone exhibiting phenotypic color expressions ranging from green, albino, chimera or non-chimeric variegation. Occasionally, axillary and/or accessory buds form in the absence of a present branch and can produce color expressions ranging from green, albino, chimera or non-chimeric variegation. Further, the branches demonstrate horizontal to weeping-like habit, and slow to fast growth depending on albinism present compared to other common green redwoods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Santos Stapleton, Dale Frederick Holderman
  • tree named ‘Sakai01’
    Patent number: PP26574
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Jacaranda mimosifolia,‘Sakai01’, that is characterized by its dwarf plant habit, its slow growth habit, its ability to flower on two year-old plants, and its flowers that are violet in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Sakai
  • tree named ‘Prairie Skyrise’
    Patent number: PP26575
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Populus tree, ‘Prairie Skyrise’, that is characterized by its fastigate plant habit, its very dense and compact branching habit, its very vigorous growth rate, and its tendency to break dormancy early with bright green new growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Vince A. Bron
  • plant named ‘SMVDLS’
    Patent number: PP26576
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viburnum plant named ‘SMVDLS’, characterized by its compact, upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; glossy leaves; large inflorescences with numerous white-colored flowers; dark violet blue-colored fruits; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy D. Wood
  • plant named ‘Sweet Amethyst’
    Patent number: PP26577
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Daphne plant named ‘Sweet Amethyst’ that is characterized by a large number of light purple flowers that have a strong jasmine scent, a long flowering season and elliptic to obovate shaped green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Evan David Lloyd
  • plant named ‘Oploo5’
    Patent number: PP26578
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Photinia, ‘Oploo5’, that is characterized by its bushy, loose, broad spreading, and upright plant habit, its young leaves that are grayed-red to grayed-orange in color and heavily marbled with yellow-green in unique patterns on all leaves, and its mature leaves that are marbled in various patterns with grayed-green, green and yellow-green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Alexander A. A. M. van Oploo
  • plant named ‘MBAV13’
    Patent number: PP26579
    Abstract: A new and distinct Arbutus cultivar named ‘MBAV13’ is disclosed, characterized by variegated leaves and small growth form. The new variety is a Arbutus, typically produced as an outdoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Manuel Morales
  • plant named ‘Evipo035’
    Patent number: PP26580
    Abstract: A new Clematis plant with a compact growth habit, profuse, violet flowers, and continuous summer flowering. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for cultivation commercial nursery culture. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation from vegetative cuttings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: POULSEN ROSER A/S
    Inventors: Mogens Nyegaard Olesen, Raymond Evison
  • plant named ‘Blue Chip Jr’
    Patent number: PP26581
    Abstract: Buddleja ‘Blue Chip Jr’ is a new and distinct variety of butterfly bush that has the following unique combination of desirable features that are outstanding in a new variety. ‘Blue Chip Jr’ has low vigor resulting in very dwarf stature. ‘Blue Chip Jr’ is asexually propagated using softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings. ‘Blue Chip Jr’ demonstrates a dense, spreading growth habit. ‘Blue Chip Jr’ is lacking male flower parts (anthers), resulting in male (pollen) sterility. ‘Blue Chip Jr’ produces female structures that are essentially sterile, resulting in lack of seed formation. ‘Blue Chip Jr’ has purple-violet flower color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventor: Dennis James Werner
  • plant named ‘Vlasveld002’
    Patent number: PP26582
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea paniculata, ‘Vlasveld002’, that is characterized by its compact, narrow, and upright plant habit, its conical shaped panicle type inflorescences, its sterile flowers that are persistently white in color, its stems readily produce basal branches with one spring pruning, and its high tolerance to rain and wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Peter Vlasveld
  • plant named ‘RENCRI’
    Patent number: PP26583
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea paniculata, ‘RENCRI’, that is characterized by its large panicles of sterile and fertile flowers that are white in color with the terminal portion of the panicle light green, its airy panicles due to having sterile flowers with thin and long sepals on long pedicels, its very early blooming habit, and its open mounded well branched plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventor: Jean Renault
  • Rhubarb plant named ‘LMR2013’
    Patent number: PP26584
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum, characterized by foliage that doesn't senesce until temperatures get low enough for a hard frost (usually around 25 degrees F.), bright red petioles with excellent flavor and sweetness and vigorous growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Montecucco Farms, LLC
    Inventor: Edward Virgil Montecucco
  • plant named ‘Prince’
    Patent number: PP26585
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Physalis plant named ‘Prince’ characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely and continuous flowering habit; and large showy orange-colored “lanterns”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: JeLitto Staudensamen GbmH
    Inventor: Georg Uebelhart
  • plant named ‘Takfoplgo’
    Patent number: PP26586
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Digitalis plant named ‘Takfoplgo’, characterized by its plum-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, columnar-upright growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Takii Europe B.V.
    Inventor: Maarten van der Sar
  • plant named ‘Grape Taffy’
    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
  • plant named ‘Pink Truffles’
    Patent number: PP26588
    Abstract: A new and distinct plant cultivar of hardy herbaceous False Indigo named Baptisia ‘Pink Truffles’ characterized by pinkish lavender flowers with exposed yellow keel petals on tall branched spikes just above the foliage in late spring, on upright, vase-shaped, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy plants with medium-green tri-foliate foliage, suitable for landscaping as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • orchid plant ‘SPCDW1203’
    Patent number: PP26589
    Abstract: A new and distinct Vanda cultivar named ‘SPCDW1203’ is disclosed, characterized by unique petal coloration of greyed-orange with greyed-red spots and stripes. The plant shows a strong tolerance of cold temperatures, for the Genus. The new variety is a Vanda, typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Suphachatwong Innovation
    Inventor: Thumrong Suphachadiwong
  • plant named ‘Bondre 11100’
    Patent number: PP26590
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Xerochrysum plant named ‘Bondre 11100’, characterized by its double-type, dark red-colored inflorescences, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Bonza Botanicals Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Shaun Rebello
  • plant named ‘Sizzle’
    Patent number: PP26591
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Sizzle’, characterized by its mounding growth habit, heart-shaped leaves that have a large red center, dark red to purple mid and primary veins, netted greyed-purple secondary veins, and mottled undulate margins, and plants that are attractive in containers or in sunny or shady landscapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh
  • plant named ‘Passionista’
    Patent number: PP26592
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘Passionista’, characterized by its mounding growth habit, elongated leaves that have a large pink center, pink primary veins, netted pink secondary veins, and mottled margins, and plants that are attractive in containers and shady landscapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh