Patents Represented by Attorney Penny J. Aguirre
  • Patent number: PP16197
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Miscanthus, Miscanthus sinensis ‘Mysterious Maiden’, characterized by its gold-banded foliage, narrow leaves, vase-shaped habit and its vigorous growth rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Inventor: Jack Weiskott
  • Patent number: PP16216
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Acorus gramineus, ‘Golden Pheasant’, characterized by its chartreuse to golden colored foliage on plants that reach a height of about 12 to 14 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Inventor: C. Greg Speichert
  • Patent number: PP16217
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta hybrid Hosta ‘Hanky Panky’, a sport of Hosta ‘Striptease’, characterized by its unique variegated foliage with spring foliage having dark green centers and light green margins with a stripe of white that occurs at the junction of the center and the margin. The foliage changes in late summer and fall progresses and matures to a pattern having light centers with a deep green area replacing the white stripe area and greyed-yellow margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP16257
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Tricyrtis hirta ‘Raspberry Mousse’ characterized by its red flowers that are spotted and marked with deep purple and borne in a thick column on arching stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Patent number: PP16260
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Greek columnar basil for landscape and culinary use, Ocimum×citriodorum ‘Pesto Perpetuo’, characterized by variegated foliage of green centers and white margins and its non-flowering habit enabling year around vegetative propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Pierre Bennerup
  • Patent number: PP16332
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex ciliato-marginata, ‘Treasure Island’ characterized by its variegated foliage with white margins and green centers, a spreading habit with suitable use as a groundcover and a vigorous growth rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Shady Oaks Nursery, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Andrew Hansen
  • Patent number: PP16435
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta sieboldiana, ‘Time Tunnel’, characterized by its variegated foliage of green centers and wide margins that emerge chartreuse, change to a bright gold, and mature to a creamy gold color. The margins of the foliage of ‘Time Tunnel’ are much wider than its parent plant, ‘Frances Williams’, comprising about 50% of the leaf area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Patent number: PP16464
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Forsythia viridissima ‘McKCitrine’ characterized by its unique foliage that is variegated with lime green centers and chartreuse margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: McKay Nursery Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Moore
  • Patent number: PP16478
    Abstract: The invention is a new and distinct variety of grape plant designated ‘Frontenac gris’, which produces gray colored fruit suitable for white wine production, and has a combination of high wine quality, excellent cold hardiness and disease resistance, and very good productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: James Luby, Peter Hemstad
  • Patent number: PP16486
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Feather reed grass, Calamagrostis×acutiflora ‘Eldorado’, characterized by its variegated foliage with golden yellow centers and green margins, golden colored rachis, cold hardiness to USDA Zone 4 and its vigorous growth habit with tolerance to a range of growing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Todd Erin Kowitz
  • Patent number: PP16549
    Abstract: A new cultivar or Astrantia ‘Moulin Rouge’ characterized by its large dark red-purple inflorescences, peduncles, and pedicels and its long bloom season. ‘Moulin Rouge’ is a repeat bloomer with three heavy flushes of bloom from early June to mid September.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Marco van Noort
  • Patent number: PP16560
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Heuchera villosa, ‘Caramel’, characterized by its uniquely colored foliage of cordate-shaped leaves that emerge greyed-orange and mature to golden yellow-green, its vigorous growth habit and its resistance to disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Sandrine Delabroye
  • Patent number: PP16562
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Gentian, Gentiana makinoi ‘Marsha’, characterized by its large, deep blue flowers borne on thick, strong stems combined with a plant habit that is compact, short and uniform in height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Hans Dofferhoff
  • Patent number: PP16619
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Gentian, Gentiana pyrimidales ‘Blue Rock’, characterized by its light blue flowers borne on thick, strong stems combined with a late blooming season and a plant habit that is compact, short and uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Vaste Planten Kwekerij de Leeuw Ploegstraat B.V.
    Inventor: Marcel den Engelsen
  • Patent number: PP16894
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Physocarpus, Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Center Glow’, characterized by its upright, mounded habit, and its unique foliage with leaves that emerge bright purple red with bright gold and develop to a bright but slightly darker purple red.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventor: Harold M. Pellett
  • 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: PP17010
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Clematis, ‘Center Star’, characterized by its free-flowering, sterile upward facing blue flowers with showy white centers produced on plants with an upright to decumbent, non-vining habit that exhibit cold hardiness to USDA Zone 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Harold M. Pellett
  • Patent number: PP17085
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Buxus semperviresn, ‘Polar’, found in a province of Sweden where the climate is cold (representing zone 4 of the Swedish Hardiness Map) that exhibits exceptional winter hardiness. ‘Polar’ is further characterized by a dense, compact, and medium to broad growth habit and evergreen foliage with leaves that are broadly elliptic in shape, shiny in appearance, and dark green in color that exhibits no substantial change in coloration during the winter. ‘Polar’ is well suited for topiary and for use in parks and gardens in cold climates, where other Boxwood cultivars are inappropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Sveplants E-grupp ekonomisk förening
    Inventor: Per Nyström
  • 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: PP17279
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Clifford's Stingray’, a sport of Hosta ‘Fire and Ice’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with narrow, white streaked centers, wide dark green margins and an intermediate streaked area of bright green. ‘Clifford's Stingray’ has an upright plant habit, a vigorous growth rate, and unique pale lavender flowers that are held in a congested whorl just above the foliage in mid to late summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Inventors: John K. Clifford, Ken J. Clifford