Patents Represented by Attorney Penny J. Aguirre
  • Patent number: PP20486
    Abstract: A new cultivar of floribunda rose, Rosa ‘BAIsuhe’, characterized by its clusters of fragrant, fully double hybrid tea-shaped flowers that are medium red in color suffused with pink highlights as they mature, its dark red flower buds, its everblooming flowering habit, its medium green satiny foliage that is resistant to rose blackspot and powdery mildew, and its rounded and compact plant habit. The new variety is readily propagated on its own roots and hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter P. Lim
  • Patent number: PP20527
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Calluna vulgaris, ‘Nr 5163’, characterized by its upright plant habit, its bud flowering habit imparting a long flowering period, its densely packed red-purple flower buds, its vigorous growth habit, and its cold hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zone 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Inventor: Hendrick Cozijn Hoekert
  • Patent number: PP20529
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Calluna vulgaris, ‘Nr 5157’, characterized by its upright plant habit, its bud flowering habit imparting a long flowering period, its densely packed pink-purple flower buds, its vigorous growth habit, and its cold hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zone 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Inventor: Hendrick Cozijn Hoekert
  • Patent number: PP20530
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Calluna vulgaris, ‘Nr 580’, characterized by its upright plant habit, its bud flowering habit imparting a long flowering period, its densely packed clear white flower buds, its vigorous growth habit, and its cold hardiness to U.S.D.A. Zone 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Inventor: Hendrick Cozijn Hoekert
  • Patent number: PP20551
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of cherry tree named ‘13S2009’ with the following characteristics. ‘13S2009’ has large flattened-heart shaped fruit, with shiny, dark red skin and red to dark red flesh. The fruit has a non-prominent suture and a flat to slightly hollow apex. The fruit matures very late in the harvest season, about 27 days after ‘Van’ and ‘Bing’ and 8 days after ‘Sweetheart’. The flesh of the fruit is very firm, and has a moderately sweet taste. The fruit are tolerant to rain splitting. The stone of ‘13S20-09’ is intermediate in lateral view, large in size, and has strongly developed keel. The tree is upright to spreading, self-compatible, moderately vigorous and has produced good, crops annually since fruiting commenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Inventor: W. David Lane
  • Patent number: PP20605
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Liriope, ‘Sno Cone’, characterized by its tight clump-forming and non-spreading growth habit, its strongly recurved foliage that is green and white foliage with the white coloration increasing with leaf maturation and retained throughout the growing season, and its uniquely colored berries in fall that are mottled with purple, green, and white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Itsaul Plants, LLC.
    Inventor: John E. Elsley
  • Patent number: PP20609
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Coreopsis verticillata named ‘Route 66’ characterized it's abundant bright yellow inflorescences with a red eye with the red eye coloration of the ray florets spreading to the tips of the petals as they mature and with cooler fall temperatures, its continuous bloom from early summer until frost, its vigorous and robust growth habit, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Itsaul Plants, LLC.
    Inventor: Patricia M. Bauer
  • Patent number: PP20613
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Heuchera named ‘Blackout’, characterized by its glossy, dark black-brown colored foliage held nearly flat on dark purple petioles, its compact and mounded plant habit, its vigor, and its hardiness in at least U.S.D.A Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Inventor: Diederik A. M. Scheys
  • Patent number: PP20643
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Chasmanthium latifolium, ‘River Mist’, characterized by its green and white variegated foliage and its white seed heads that cascade from upright culms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: ITSaul Plants, LLC
    Inventor: Karen R. Stever
  • Patent number: PP20669
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe hybrid origin, Hebe ‘Sunset Boulevard’, characterized by its abundant flower spikes of mauve pink flowers, dark green foliage, and resistance to powdery mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Inventor: Stephen Burton
  • Patent number: PP20682
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Pennisetum setaceum named ‘Ivory Fountain’, characterized by its racemes (seed heads) that emerge white and tinged with rose-purple and fade to white as they mature, its year around free flowering habit, its arching leaves, its height of 48 to 54 inches in bloom, its sterile seeds, and its vigorous growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Inventor: Michael C. Rinck
  • Patent number: PP20683
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Heuchera, ‘Dark Secret’, characterized by its foliage that is dark purple-bronze in color with a silvery sheen with margins that are serrated and heavily ruffled, its petioles that are deep purple in color, its panicles of creamy white flowers held on purple stems, its vigorous growth habit, and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Inventor: Gerard Darques
  • Patent number: PP20687
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘Hot Summer’, characterized by its inflorescences with ray florets that emerge orange-red in color and mature to a deep red, its strong upright habit with blooms and plant habit maintained under environmental stresses such as heavy rains and wind, and its resistance to viral diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Inventor: Marco van Noor
  • Patent number: PP20704
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Gentiana makinoi named ‘Blue Magic’, characterized by its numerous light blue flowers borne on well-branched stems, its compact plant habit, and its early flowering season in mid early to mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Inventor: Hans Dofferhoff
  • Patent number: PP20723
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Lamium plant, ‘Lemon Frost’, characterized by its foliage that is think in substance and emerges bright yellow-green in color with a white center stripe, by its hardiness in the Southern regions of the U.S., its very vigorous growth habit, and its lavender flowers produced in spring and intermittently throughout the summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: ITSaul Plants, LLC.
    Inventor: Richard G. Saul
  • Patent number: PP20734
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ajuga plant, ‘Mint Chip’, characterized by its foliage that is deep green in color with a glossy surface, its heavy blooming habit of blue flowers present for 4 to 6 weeks in spring that contrast well with the deep green foliage, its very vigorous growth habit, and its tight plant habit that slowly spreads by stolons with suitability as a groundcover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Itsaul Plants, LLC.
    Inventor: Richard G. Saul
  • Patent number: PP20756
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘Irresistible’, characterized by its anemone-type inflorescences with orange colored ray florets and red-orange disk florets, its stems that are strong, upright and purple in color, and its resistance to viral diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: Marco van Noort
  • Patent number: PP20817
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Lilium hybrida named ‘Double Star’, characterized by its double flowers that are pink in color, with petals that have deep pink midribs and lighter pink margins and it's flowers that lack functional reproductive organs and pollen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: DeLooff Lily Innovation BV.
    Inventor: Tonny M. de Looff
  • Patent number: PP20845
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Perovskia plant named ‘LISSLITT’, characterized by its compact plant habit, its foliage that is highly dissected and silver-green in color, and its stiff, upright flowering stems with an abundance of flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Catt
  • Patent number: PP20846
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Begonia, ‘Yaspmon’, characterized by large, single, pink-orange colored flowers, its compact, mounded to semi-trailing plant habit and its suitability for use in baskets, patio containers, and as a garden bedding plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Frederic C. Yates