Patents Assigned to Mikkelsens, Inc.
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4817
    Abstract: A Kalanchoe plant named Regulus having bright orange flower color and floriferous habit, compact, and relatively slow growth habit, freely branching habit, excellent and full flower placement, adaptability to production in 10 to 15 cm. pots, and a flowering time of 11 weeks in summer and 15 weeks in winter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: Moritz Burki
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP5125
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Milkyway and characterized by its white flowers; variegated foliage; superior self-branching habit; tightly compact and symmetrically mounded growth habit; high floriferousness, and by its relative deterioration under low temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP5126
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Columbia and characterized by its excellent keeping qualities; generally light pink flower color; firm, thick and non-fragile flower petal texture; relatively slow growth and compact, tight habit; early flowering response; dark green foliage which provides a pleasant contrast with flower color; best performance under full sunlight, and its adaptability to different environments of use, including use initially as a house plant which can later be transferred to the garden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP5131
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Solared and characterized by its brilliant scarlet flowers; high floriferousness; early blooming and continuous flowering with frost; superior self-branching and compact; mounded growth habit; variegated dark green foliage; resistance to fading; and by its adaptability to various use environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP5132
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Gemini, and characterized by its clear bright pink flower color and contrasting dark green variegated foliage; highly floriferous habit; firm petal texture; relatively large flowers, with distinct deep pink to red throat; continuous flowering and highly stable flower color, with little fading in summer, and by its semi-procumbent and weather resistant habits which make it ideal for baskets and bedding plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP5134
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Gemini, and characterized by its clear bright pink flower color and contrasting dark green variegated foliage; highly floriferous habit; firm petal texture; relatively large flowers, with distinct deep pink to red throat; continuous flowering and highly stable flower color, with little fading in summer, and by its semi-procumbent and weather resistant habits which make it ideal for baskets and bedding plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP5135
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Flare and characterized by its compact, superior self-branching habit; bright dark red to a dull red flower color depending on light conditions; variegated to wholly green foliage depending on light conditions; superior floriferousness; excellent keeping qualities for house plant use, and by its adaptability to varying use environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP5153
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Cosmos and characterized by its intense mauve flower color; long, narrow variegated foliage; self-branching, thin stems and procumbent growth, making the cultivar ideal for hanging baskets; early and continuous flowering, with flower intensity and variegation being most pronounced in high light conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Begonia plant named Encore
    Patent number: PP5158
    Abstract: A begonia named Encore having bright pink double flowers, dark green, firm to crisp glabrous foliage with sharp and distinct serrated edges; above average keeping qualities, and having continuous year round flowering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant named Cinnabar
    Patent number: PP5160
    Abstract: A kalanchoe named Cinnabar having deep orange-red florets in a well formed inflorescence carried on a very vigorous stem having close internodes with medium size, nearly round leaves. The self-branching habit is sufficiently compact for 10 cm. pots yet vigorous enough for larger specimens in 15 cm. pots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Begonia plant named Lyric
    Patent number: PP5161
    Abstract: A begonia named Lyric having white double flowers, dark green, firm to crisp glabrous foliage with serrated edges, excellent keeping qualities, and continuous year round flowering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP5184
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Corona and characterized by its large plant size and vigorous, self-branching growth habit; dark pink to red-purple flower color; excellent keeping qualities of flowers thereby making cultivar excellent for indoor use; relatively large green leaves with mid-rib veination, and by its adaptability to various environments of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant named Eternity
    Patent number: PP5253
    Abstract: A kalanchoe cultivar named Eternity particularly characterized by the development of the total salmon red inflorescence without deterioration of the initial flowering of the terminal florets, excellent compact self branching growth with dark green crenate foliage, enhancing the potential of production of kalanchoe hanging baskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant named Royalty
    Patent number: PP5254
    Abstract: A kalanchoe plant named Royalty, characterized by its excellent keeping quality, free branching and vigorous growth habits, well clustered, rose-red flowers, high floriferousness, and its adaptability to various pot sizes and to growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant named Dignity
    Patent number: PP5255
    Abstract: A kalanchoe plant named Dignity, characterized by its excellent keeping quality, free branching and vigorous growth habits, well clustered, pink flowers, high floriferousness, and its adaptability to various pot sizes and to growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant named Fortyniner
    Patent number: PP5256
    Abstract: A hybrid Kalanchoe cultivar named Fortyniner having deep yellow flower color, strong compact growth, floriferous and uniform flowering habit, excellent keeping qualities, and an adaptability with the use of growth regulators to commercial production in 9 to 15 cm. containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP5347
    Abstract: A new and distinct Kalanchoe hybrid named Mercur characterized by its deep orange flower color, highly floriferous habit, sturdy, upright self-branching plant form with above average keeping qualities, and its adaptability to 10-15 cm. pot plant production on year around basis in controlled environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: Heinz Sommer
  • Begonia plant named Hilda
    Patent number: PP5532
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of begonia plant named Hilda characterized by its deep red flower color; occasional pistillated flowers; ease of propagation; compact, upright growth habit, and by its floriferousness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant named Citation
    Patent number: PP5533
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of kalanchoe plant named Citation characterized by its pink flower color with salmon overtones and white throat, uniform flowering, excellent self-branching, excellent keeping qualities, adaptability to various pot sizes, and by its complimenting the genetically related cultivars Sensation, Dignity and Royalty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Begonia plant named Imke
    Patent number: PP5539
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of begonia plant named Imke characterized by its medium pink flower color, double flower form, tending to nearly single in periods of low light, compact and vigorous growth habit, and florierousness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen