Patents Assigned to Mikkelsens, Inc.
  • Begonia plant
    Patent number: PP4210
    Abstract: A novel begonia of the elatior type having glowing red tepals and dark green, heavy-textured leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1978
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Poinsettia plant
    Patent number: PP4219
    Abstract: A poinsettia plant having upright growth with vigorous self branching in all seasons, from the base to the terminal tip of the plant. There is complete flowering of each shoot, and uniform flowering response from bottom to top. The cultivar has excellent keeping qualities, cream white bract color, and fast and uniform rooting from an abundance of cuttings from each plant. The self branching is initiated at fully developed nodes 4"-5" above the soil line in 4" pots, with 6 to 8 mature leaves, and this is believed to be an unique characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1978
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Hrebenink
  • Poinsettia plant
    Patent number: PP4221
    Abstract: A poinsettia cultivar which appears to be a tetraploid due to its heavy thick leaves, stiff thick stems and the appearance of the cyathias. The bract color is deep, bright red, and the cultivar is also characterized by fast rooting, excellent cutting production, self branching habit, and long lasting bracts and foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1978
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Hrebeniuk
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP4262
    Abstract: An impatiens plant with excellent self-branching, soft pink flower color, green foliage with variegated zones of yellow color, and adaptability to outdoor or potted plant growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4298
    Abstract: A new asexually reproduced Kalanchoe characterized by its uniform floriferous flowering of light purple colored flowers and wide versatility in the sizes of flowering plants that can be produced having outstanding keeping qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: Claude Hope
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4306
    Abstract: A new asexually reproduced kalanchoe characterized by its intense bright red purple flower color, uniform mounded inflorescence, and broad versatility of sizes of plants that can be produced with equal keeping qualities regardless of size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: Claude Hope
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4307
    Abstract: A new asexually reproduced kalanchoe characterized by its double crenate green oblong to elliptical foliage, branching at many of the leaf axils, peduncles of the inflorescence and individual flower pedicels being small in diameter but distinctly wiry and stiff, uniform flowering and very floriferous with orange red flowers, with both the foliage and flowers possessing outstanding keeping qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventor: Claude Hope
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP4689
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Eclipse, and particularly characterized by the combined characteristics of good self-branching; dark green-red foliage in striking combination with bright orange-red flowers; and excellent keeping quality when grown outside in full sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis P. Van den Berg, James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP4690
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Red Planet, and particularly characterized by the combined characteristics of good self-branching; spreading habit; highly variegated foliage; striking velvet-like deep-red flowers; early flowering; suitability for growing both outside in full sunlight and in hanging baskets; and by its good keeping quality both outside in full sunlight and in hanging baskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis P. Van den Berg, James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP4691
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Astro, and particularly characterized as to novelty by the combined characteristics of good self-branching; shiny dark metallic green-red foliage with slight variegation; large bicolored light pink and red flowers contrasting with the foliage; floriferous; and excellent keeping quality if grown outdoors in full sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis P. Van den Berg, James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP4725
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Halo, and particularly characterized by the combined characteristics of good self-branching; spreading habit; highly variegated foliage; bright orange and large flowers; early flowering; suitability for growing both outside in full sunlight and in hanging baskets; and by its good keeping quality both outside in full sunlight and in hanging baskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis P. Van den Berg, James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4726
    Abstract: A kalanchoe plant known by the cultivar name Yellow Nugget, and particularly characterized by its uniform deep yellow flower color, on both its top and under sides; excellent branching; dense foliage, and by its adaptability to growth in various pot sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Mikkelsen, Cornelis P. Van den Berg
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4727
    Abstract: A kalanchoe plant, known by the cultivar name Sensation, and particularly characterized by its excellent keeping quality, free branching habit, well clustered, red-purple flowers, highly floriferous and vigorous habit, and adaptability to various pot sizes and to growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis P. Van den Berg, James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4728
    Abstract: A new kalanchoe plant referred to by the cultivar name Firefly, and characterized by its large, bright yellow and well clustered flowers; vigorous plant growth; relatively large leaves and strong peduncles, and by its adaptability to growth in varying size pots and to treatment with growth regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis P. Van den Berg, James C. Mikkelsen
  • Impatiens plant
    Patent number: PP4733
    Abstract: An impatiens plant known by the cultivar name Telstar, and particularly characterized by the combined characteristics of excellent self-branching; spreading habit; highly variegated foliage; orchid/violet flowers; suitability for growing both outside in full sunlight and in hanging baskets; and by its good keeping quality both outside in full sunlight and in hanging baskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis P. Van den Berg, James C. Mikkelsen
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4734
    Abstract: A new kalanchoe plant named Serenade, characterized by its early flowering, high degree of self-branching, bright red flower color, dense foliage, well clustered flowers, and floriferous habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens, Inc.
    Inventors: Cornelis P. Van den Berg, James C. Mikkelsen
  • Begonia plant
    Patent number: PP4742
    Abstract: A begonia plant known by the cultivar name Harmony having large, double, light orange flowers and dark green foliage; a relatively great number of pistillated flowers; early flowering and floriferous habit; excellent keeping quality; adaptability in a controlled environment to year round flowering and varying pot size; sturdy, upright and compact growth habits, and excellent vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. Van den Berg
  • Begonia plant
    Patent number: PP4743
    Abstract: A begonia plant known by the cultivar name Ballet having clear yellow flowers and dark green foliage; double flowers, with the tepals in the center being relatively small and ruffled and the outside tepals being relatively large thereby giving the impression of a flower having a relatively small center enframed by the two outside tepals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Mikkelsen, Cornelis P. van den Berg
  • Begonia plant
    Patent number: PP4781
    Abstract: A begonia plant referred to by the cultivar name Fresco having large semi-double to double, deep orange-red flowers; heavy infusion of red pigmentation in the foliage; pleasant contrast of flower and foliage color; year round flowering with proper environmental conditions, and a vigorous growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Mikkelsen, Cornelis P. Van den Berg
  • Kalanchoe plant
    Patent number: PP4816
    Abstract: A Kalanchoe plant named Pollux, having bright red flower color and highly floriferous habit, compact growth habit, freely branching habit, relatively slow growth, adaptability to production in 10 to 15 cm. pots, and a flowering time of 11 weeks in summer up to 15 weeks in winter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: Mikkelsens Inc.
    Inventor: Moritz Burki