Patents Assigned to Plant Development Services Inc.
  • Patent number: PP11735
    Abstract: A new and distinct Ternstroemia gymnanthera plant found as an openly pollinated seedling. The new variety consistently produces a very high concentration of anthocyanin in new growth, has attractive glossy involute mature foliage, and has a more uniform growth habit and mature foliage color than other commercial varieties in the market class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: James Bryan Berry
  • Patent number: PP11737
    Abstract: A new and distinct Ternstroemia gymnanthera plant found as an openly pollinated seedling. The new variety consistently produces a very high concentration of anthocyanin in new growth as well as a more uniform, upright growth habit and mature foliage color compared with other commercial varieties in the market class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: James Bryan Berry
  • Patent number: PP11938
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Raphiolepis indica found as a chance sport on a seedling Raphiolepis indica plant of unknown parentage. The new variety is unique with its compact growth habit and attractive single to semi-double, strong pink flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Becky Lynne McCommon
  • Patent number: PP11956
    Abstract: A new and distinct Gelsemium sempervirens plant which possesses a compact growth habit and fragrant yellow flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: James Cloice Letlow
  • Patent number: PP12009
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Ilex plant found as an openly pollinated seedling of Ilex Hybrid ‘Mary Nell’. The new variety possesses a dense, upright, pyramidal growth habit, attractive orange-red fruit, glossy dark green foliage, and distinctly arranged leaf serrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Jack Mitchell Magee
  • Patent number: PP12010
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Ilex plant found as an openly pollinated seedling of Ilex Hybrid ‘Mary Nell’. The new variety possesses a dense, upright, pyramidal growth habit, an abundance of attractive orange-red fruit, glossy dark green foliage, and distinctly arranged leaf serrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Jack Mitchell Magee
  • Patent number: PP12068
    Abstract: A new and distinct Liriope gigantea plant found as an openly pollinated seedling. The new variety is distinct with its dark foliage, increased vigor and increased raceme length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Randall Merton Jacobs
  • Patent number: PP12109
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant found as a seedling in a planned cross between the female Azalea ‘Macrantha Pink’ and the male Rhododendron oldhamii ‘Fourth of July’. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of an upright, dense, globose shaped plant with attractive large semi-double pink flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Patent number: PP12110
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant found as a seedling in a planned cross between the female Azalea ‘Pink Cheer’ and the male Rhododendron oldhamii ‘Fourth of July’. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of a dense and globose shaped plant with attractive single pink flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Patent number: PP12111
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant found as a seedling in a planned cross between the female Azalea ‘Watchet’ and the male Rhododendron oldhamii ‘Fourth of July’. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of a dense and globose shaped plant with attractive semi-double pink flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Patent number: PP12133
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant found as a branch sport of the Azalea Hybrid ‘Conlec’ U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,580. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of an upright, dense, globose shaped plant with attractive large single multi-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Patent number: PP12142
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea plant found as a seedling in a planned cross between the female Azalea ‘May Blaine’ and the male Rhododendron oldhamii ‘Fourth of July’. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of an upright, dense, globose shaped plant with attractive large semi-double pink flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Patent number: PP13285
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Abelia×grandiflora plant which possesses a compact growth habit, variegated foliage, fragrant white flowers, reddish-orange pigmentation of the new growth terminals and winter foliage, and attractive reddish-purple immature stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Brunson Pittman
  • Patent number: PP13347
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Agarista populifolia plant which possesses a low compact growth habit, reddish-bronze undulate shaped immature foliage, and fragrant white flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: David William Taylor
  • Patent number: PP10704
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea found as a seedling in a planned cross between the female Azalea `Red Slippers` and the male Rhododendron oldhamii `Fourth of July`. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of a dense, globose shaped plant with attractive single to semi-double strong red flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignees: Robert Edward Lee, Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Patent number: PP10811
    Abstract: A new and distinct Ternstroemia gymnanthera plant which consistently produces a very high concentration of anthocyanin in new growth as well as a more uniform growth habit and mature foliage color compared with other commercial varieties in the market class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: James Bryan Berry
  • Patent number: PP11217
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of X Cupressocyparis leylandii plant found as a sport of X Cupressocyparis leylandii `Castlewellan Gold`. The new variety has an attractive soft green color and is superior in development of a dense, upright tree with a root system in better proportion to the top growth as compared to the species X Cupressocyparis leylandii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: George Malcomson Greeves
  • Patent number: PP11616
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea found as a seedling in a planned cross between the female Azalea `Sweet Briar` and the male Rhododendron oldhamii `Fourth of July`. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of an upright, dense, and globose shaped plant with attractive single red-purple flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Patent number: PP11628
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea found as a seedling in a planned cross between the female Azalea `Red Slippers` and the male Rhododendron oldhamii `Fourth of July`. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of an upright, dense, globose shaped plant with attractive single to semi-double strong red flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • Patent number: PP11640
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Azalea found as a seedling in a planned cross between the female Azalea `May Blaine` and the male Rhododendron oldhamii `Fourth of July`. The new variety possesses a unique blooming time and is superior in development of an upright, dense, globose shaped plant with attractive large semi-double orange red flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Plant Development Services Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee