Patents Represented by Attorney Penny J. Aguirre
  • Patent number: PP19060
    Abstract: A showy Sedum cultivated variety (cultivar) named ‘Pink Chablis’, characterized by white and blue-green variegated leaves, compact habit, and pink fall borne flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Hortech, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher B. Howe
  • Patent number: PP19249
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus barbatus, ‘Red Romance’, a sport of Dianthus barbatus ‘Heart Attack’, characterized by its bright strawberry red flowers held on sturdy stems, its clean, deep green foliage, its perennial plant habit, and its vigorous growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Inventors: John K. Clifford, Ken J. Clifford
  • Patent number: PP19302
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ligularia dentata, ‘Osiris Fantaisie’, characterized by its ovate-shaped leaves with margins that are incised, undulated, and often tripartite with conspicuous veining and purple-pink lower surfaces, its short plant height, and its cold hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Serge Fafard
  • Patent number: PP19304
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Veronica of hybrid origin, Veronica ‘YABBLU’, characterized by its compact dense plant habit, its abundance of branched upright flowering stems of self cleaning blue flowers and its resistance to powdery mildew and other fungal diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Frederic C. Yates
  • Patent number: PP19305
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Veronica of hybrid origin, Veronica ‘YABPIN’, characterized by its compact dense plant habit, its abundance of branched upright flowering stems of self cleaning pink flowers and its resistance to powdery mildew and other fungal diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Frederic C. Yates
  • Patent number: PP19306
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Chrysogonum virginianum, ‘Quinn's Gold’, characterized by its flowers that emerge gold in color and change with maturity to yellow and creamy white imparting the appearance of multicolored flowers, its long blooming habit, its vigorous growth habit, its ease of propagation, its drought tolerance and its hardiness in at least U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Kimberly T. Hawks
  • Patent number: PP19308
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Spiraea×vanhouttei, ‘Levgold’, characterized by its unique golden foliage on arching branches bearing abundant white umbellate corymbs along slender branches in late spring, its vigorous growth habit and cold hardiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Denis Levac
  • Patent number: PP19364
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Full Moon’ characterized it's large, bright yellow flowers with overlapping ray florets, its sturdy stems, its clumping plant habit, its vigorous growth habit, and its perennial habit and cold hardiness to at least to U.S.D.A. 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP19391
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Diervilla sessilifolia, ‘LPDC Podaras’, characterized by its variegated leaves with deep green centers surrounded by yellow to creamy white margins, its red stems, its cymes of yellow honeysuckle-like flowers in early summer, its hardiness to U.S.D.A Zone 4, its ease of propagation by softwood cuttings and its vigorous growth rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Landscape Plant Development Center
    Inventors: Peter Podaras, Harold M. Pellett
  • Patent number: PP19446
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Apple tree, ‘Wildung’, is a late season cultivar that has shown to be hardy and productive for twenty-two years in east central Minnesota. The fruit is characterized by moderately firm, fine-grained flesh, with low acidity and a sweet taste with slight acid balance and rich overtones. The flesh of the fruit is very white and unusually slow to oxidize when exposed to air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: David S. Bedford, James J. Luby
  • Patent number: PP19463
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Lavendula stoechas, ‘HanCev’, characterized by its dense, upright apical dominate plant habit, its vigorous growth habit, its floriferous and long blooming flower habit with its deep purple flowers and upright iridescent violet purple terminal flower bracts, its resistance to powdery mildew, and its tolerance to wind, rain and temperature extremes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Robert Cevasco, Jr.
  • Patent number: PP19469
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Scented geranium, Pelargonium citrosum ‘Frosted’, characterized by its citronella-scented dark green leaves with deeply incised lobes tips or “frosted” in white, its pink tinged newly emerging foliage, its compact plant habit with numerous basal branches and short leaf internodes, its heat tolerance, and its vigor and ease of propagation by tissue culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Michael C. Rinck
  • Patent number: PP19533
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Geranium wallichianum, ‘Sweet Heidy’, characterized by its abundant, tricolor flowers with purple veins; pale violet centers become purple pink in the middle regions and violet-blue near the margin, its long blooming season, its clean foliage with yellow spots, its prostrate spreading growth habit with good performance as a groundcover and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Inventor: Marco van Noort
  • Patent number: PP19577
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Heuchera of hybrid origin, ‘Beaujolais’, characterized by its relatively large, orbicular shaped leaves that are dark burgundy red in color with silver highlights and darker burgundy red veins held on burgundy red petioles. ‘Beaujolais’ is further characterized by its low mounded and compact plant habit, its tolerance to high heat and humidity, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Inventor: Sandrine Delabroye
  • Patent number: PP19578
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Heuchera named ‘Encore’, characterized by its leaves that are rose-purple in color with a silvery overlay and dark rose-purple veins with a lower leaf surface that is a vibrant red-purple in color. ‘Encore’ can be further characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit, its tolerance to heat and humidity and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Inventor: Sandrine Delabroye
  • Patent number: PP19579
    Abstract: The invention is a new and distinct variety of grape vine plant designated ‘Marquette’, which produces bluish-black colored fruit suitable for red wine production, and has a combination of high wine quality, excellent cold hardiness and good disease resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Peter Hemstad, James Luby
  • Patent number: PP19580
    Abstract: A new cultivar of bee balm, Monarda didyma ‘ACrade’, characterized by its purple-violet blossoms that are present abundantly in June through August. The new variety is mid sized in height with a mounded plant habit, is hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 3 to 8, and exhibits dark green slightly glossy foliage that has shown resistant to powdery mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food
    Inventor: Campbell G. Davidson
  • Patent number: PP19582
    Abstract: A new cultivar of bee balm, Monarda didyma ‘AChall’, that is characterized by its deep red-purple blossoms that are present abundantly in June through August. The new variety is mid sized in height with an upright oval plant habit, is hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 3 to 8, and exhibits dark green semi-glossy foliage that has shown resistant to powdery mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Her Majesty The Queen In Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
    Inventor: Campbell G. Davidson
  • Patent number: PP19585
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Heuchera named ‘Pistache’, characterized by its lime green to yellow foliage, its large broadly ovate shaped, wavy leaves, its compact and low mounded plant habit, its tolerance to heat and humidity and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Inventor: Sandrine Delabroye
  • Patent number: PP19592
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Heuchera named ‘Pinot Gris’, characterized by its unique foliage with its orbicular shaped wavy leaves that emerge orange-yellow with a silver overlay in spring changing to a rosy grayed red in summer with increasing amount of silver overlay and dark rosy red veins. ‘Pinot Gris’ is further characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit, its tolerance to heat, humidity, and exposure to sunlight, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Inventor: Sandrine Delabroye