Patents Represented by Attorney Penny J. Aguirre
  • Patent number: PP20861
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Lilium plant named ‘Double Beauty’, characterized by its double flowers that are pink in color with petals that have deep pink midribs and white margins and it's flowers that lack functional reproductive organs and pollen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: De Leoff Lily Innovation BV.
    Inventor: Tonny M. de Looff
  • 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: PP20868
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe, ‘Silver Lady’, characterized by its variegated foliage with olive-gray green centers and thin creamy white margins and its newly emerging leaves with a lower surface that is deep mauve-purple in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: Stephen Burton
  • Patent number: PP20869
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ilex vomitoria, ‘Shackelford’, characterized by its glossy, small sized leaves that are bright yellow in color throughout the year with new growth that is rose red in color, its dense, low growing evergreen growth habit that lends itself to a variety of landscape sites, and its cold hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zone 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: David T. Shackelford
  • Patent number: PP20890
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ajuga plant, ‘Dixie Chip’, characterized by its variegated foliage that is tri-colored with mottling and blending of white, pink, and green with green veins and maturing to white with green veins with new growth that is heavily flushed with pink, its light blue flowers with non-variegated green floral leaves on racemes that are present for 4 to 6 weeks in spring, and its tight plant habit that slowly spreads by stolons with suitability as a groundcover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Itsaul Plants, LLC
    Inventor: Richard G. Saul
  • Patent number: PP20938
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ceanothus, ‘Lemon Ice’, characterized by its variegated foliage with dark green centers and wide yellow margins and its panicles of sweetly fragrant light blue flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Inventor: Gerrit Hoogenraad
  • Patent number: PP20939
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Lonicera×brownii, ‘Bailelle’, characterized by its dense flowering display of inflorescences in June with consistent repeat bloom into September and October, its flowers that are deep gold in color, its compact twining plant habit, its vigorous growth and ability to grow in a wide range of growing conditions with drought and moisture tolerance, its ability to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 3 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve Gessell
  • Patent number: PP20947
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ligularia, ‘Last Dance’, an interspecific hybrid of Ligularia hiberniflora and Farfugium japonicum, characterized by its medium sized leaves with dentate margins, its compact plant habit, and its abundant bright yellow inflorescences that are densely arranged on well-branched scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Itsaul Plants, LLC
    Inventor: Ozzie Johnson
  • Patent number: PP20948
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Schizachyrium scoparium, ‘Carousel’, that is characterized by its compact and rounded form with upright culms that does not lodge in fall and winter or with exposure to rain or snow, its short stature with a height of about 30 cm, its foliage that emerges nearly horizontal and becomes upright, its coloration that is green to blue-green with streaks of pink in summer, a blend of copper, beige, orange-red, and mahogany in fall, and beige in winter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Inventor: Donovan L. Boehm
  • Patent number: PP20998
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Kompeito’ that is characterized by its re-blooming habit with inflorescences produced from early summer until fall with removal of spent blooms, its consistently well formed, large sized, lacecap type inflorescences with a mass of fertile flowers surrounded by large double flowers on long petioles and smaller double flowers with sepals having white margins and centers that are blue to pink in color depending on soil acidity and aluminum uptake, its compact growth habit, and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Toyokazu Ichie
  • Patent number: PP21002
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex oshimensis, ‘Everillo’, characterized its foliage that is uniformly yellow in color, its compact clump-forming growth habit, its ability to be readily propagated by rhizome division and basal cuttings, and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 6 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Pat Fitzgerald
  • Patent number: PP21008
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea paniculata named ‘Bombshell’ that is characterized by its panicles that are nearly rounded in shape, its abundance of sterile flowers with sepals that are elliptic in shape and emerge white with a pink eye and changing to rosy pink as they mature, its free blooming habit from mid summer to fall, and its compact growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Inventor: Alex Frederik Schoemaker
  • Patent number: PP21032
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Coprosma, ‘Pina Colada’, characterized by its wavy, glossy yellow-gold leaves that intensify in winter to orange-red, its deep red-orange margins, and a compact growth habit with short branch internodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Inventor: Stephen Burton
  • Patent number: PP21052
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Dancing Snow’ that is characterized by its early spring blooming habit, its ability to re-bloom on new growth after deadheading into fall, its lacecap type inflorescences comprised of a ring of large double white flowers emerging from the central mass of smaller double white flowers, its flowers that are resistant to sun scorch, its compact growth habit, and its hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Inventor: Toyokazu Ichie
  • Patent number: PP21064
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Cotinus obovatus, ‘Northstar’, characterized by its cold hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zone 3, its heavy bloom of pink inflorescences in mid summer, its red and orange fall foliage color, its drought tolerance once established, and its adaptability for growth in poor soils, a wide range of soil pH, and partial sun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Inventor: Bradley C. Walvatne
  • Patent number: PP21065
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘White King’ that is characterized by its very early blooming habit, its ability to re-bloom on new growth after deadheading, its consistently well-formed, large-sized inflorescences that are white in color and are resistant to sun scorching under high light intensity, its foliage that is resistant to powdery mildew, and its compact growth habit resulting in low maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Inventor: Toyokazu Ichie
  • Patent number: PP21078
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Blue Knight’ that is characterized by its early blooming habit, its ability to re-bloom on new growth after deadheading, its consistently well-formed, lacecap type inflorescences with large, double, rounded shaped sterile flowers that are light to dark blue under acidic conditions and bright pink under alkaline conditions, its deep green glossy foliage, and its strong stems that enable pot culture without staking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Toyokazu Ichie
  • Patent number: PP21090
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Brassica, ‘Kaleidoscope’, characterized by its dark purple-green foliage with highly ruffled edges, its magenta pink veins and its margins that are magenta pink in color when grown under cool temperature and lavender in color when grown under warm temperatures such as early season growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Itsaul Plants, LLC
    Inventor: Richard G. Saul
  • Patent number: PP21101
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Lapis Lazuli’ that is characterized by its strong blooming habit, its ability to re-bloom on new growth after deadheading, its consistently formed, hortensia type inflorescences with sterile flower sepals that are rounded to broadly ovate in shape and dark blue in color with a white central area when grown under acidic soil conditions and bright pink in color with a white central area when grown under alkaline soil conditions, its compact growth habit with strong stems that enable pot culture without the need for staking, its dark green glossy foliage and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventor: Toyokazu Ichie
  • Patent number: PP21105
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Chrysanthemum, ‘Taihang's Galaxy’, characterized by it's late season blooming habit with single daisy-type fragrant inflorescences with white ray florets and gold disk florets, its hybrid vigor, its prostrate to cascading growth habit after one or two years of growth, its massive floral display, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventors: Huien Zhao, Junyu Chen, Qixiang Zhang, Wenchao Liu, Deyan Yang, Xiao Hu