Patents Examined by Georgia Helmer
  • Phlox plant named ‘Swizzle’
    Patent number: PP19813
    Abstract: A new phlox plant particularly distinguished by pinkish-white overlapping petals around an intense, hot-pink eye, compact plant habit, healthy foliage and good mildew resistance is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Witteman & Co
    Inventor: Jan Verschoor
  • Browallia speciosa ‘UNHBR15’
    Patent number: PP19821
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Browallia plant named ‘UNHBR15,’ characterized by numerous single flowers that are light lavender in color with a darker rim, compact and rounded growth habit, stems that do not break or separate on the center of the mature plant, and good performance in partial shade in the garden and as a hanging basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: University of New Hampshire
    Inventor: Rosanna Freyre
  • Browallia speciosa ‘UNHBR18’
    Patent number: PP19822
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Browallia plant named ‘UNHBR18,’ characterized by numerous single flowers that are white in color, compact and rounded growth habit, stems that do not break or separate on the center of the mature plant, and good performance in partial shade in the garden and as a hanging basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: University of New Hampshire
    Inventor: Rosanna Freyre
  • Aglaonema plant named ‘TWYAG0004’
    Patent number: PP19848
    Abstract: A new Aglaonema plant particularly distinguished by being intermediate in stature, leafy, compact, having an upright growth habit, and producing many basal branches and numerous leaves, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Kerry's Bromeliad Nursery, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregori Garnadi Hambali
  • Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Dekromanov’
    Patent number: PP19852
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Dekromanov’, characterized by its decorative-type inflorescences with green and white-colored ray florets; strong and upright flowering stems; freely flowering habit; early and uniform flowering response; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Dekker Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Cornelis W. Dekker
  • Thuja plant named ‘De Rakt’
    Patent number: PP19926
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Thuja plicata named ‘De Rakt’ characterized by its bright and light green foliage with good color retention throughout the winter, its fine textured foliage, and its narrow columnar growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Inventor: Kees de Jong
  • Cordyline plant named ‘Seipin’
    Patent number: PP19927
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Cordyline australis, ‘Seipin’, characterized by its foliage that exhibits greyed purple centers and bright pink margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Inventor: Paul A. H. Hummel
  • Aster plant named ‘Victoria Mathilde’
    Patent number: PP19930
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Aster plant named ‘Victoria Mathilde’, characterized by its uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; and decorative-type inflorescences with red purple-colored ray florets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: AsterKlubben
    Inventor: Erwin Hansen
  • Buddleia plant named ‘Stellar Pink’
    Patent number: PP19934
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Buddleia plant named ‘Stellar Pink’, characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit; freely flowering habit; intense dark pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Witteman + Co.
    Inventor: Richard Eaton Davis
  • Buddleja plant named ‘Butterfly Heaven’
    Patent number: PP19935
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Buddleja plant named ‘Butterfly Heaven’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely flowering habit; large, fragrant and light lavender-colored flowers with golden orange-colored centers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: Adrian Bloom
  • Camellia plant named ‘Kerguelen’
    Patent number: PP19940
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Camellia japonica named ‘Kerguelen’, characterized by its variegated foliage with dark green centers and yellow-green to green-white margins, its broadly upright and compact bushy habit, its thick, leathery, evergreen foliage, its fully double flowers that are light coral pink in color, and its cold hardiness to at least in U.S.D.A. Zone 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: Alain Stervinou
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIrage’
    Patent number: PP19945
    Abstract: A new cultivar of shrub rose, Rosa ‘BAIrage’, characterized by its semi-double flowers that are apricot with a yellow eye when opening and maturing to medium pink with a yellow eye, its everblooming habit, its ability to drop spent flowers cleanly, its rounded habit of medium green, semi-glossy foliage that is resistant to rose blackspot and powdery mildew. ‘BAIrage’ is readily propagated on its own roots and hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: Peter P. Lim
  • Chamaecyparis plant named ‘Lucas’
    Patent number: PP19948
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chamaecyparis plant named ‘Lucas’, characterized by its semi-dwarf and hemispherical plant form; green, yellow green to light yellow green-colored leaves; and winter hardy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Witteman + Co.
    Inventor: Cornelius Petrus Franciscus Kools
  • Rosmarinus plant named ‘Gold Dust’
    Patent number: PP19949
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Rosmarinus named ‘GOLD DUST’ that is characterized by dense upright habit, deep-blue flowers, and thick variegated leaves with dark-green centers and broad gold margins. In combination these traits set ‘GOLD DUST’ apart from all other existing varieties of Rosmarinus known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen Head, Julie Head
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIgirl’
    Patent number: PP19952
    Abstract: A new cultivar of climbing rose, Rosa ‘BAIgirl’, characterized by its clusters of fully double, ruffled, deep pink flowers that are present in May and June and recurrently throughout the season over medium green, semi-glossy foliage that is resistant to rose blackspot and powdery mildew. The new variety has an upright, compact habit, is readily propagated on its own roots and is hardy in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter P. Lim
  • Juniper plant named ‘Hulsdonk Yellow’
    Patent number: PP19953
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Juniper plant named ‘Hulsdonk Yellow’, characterized by its semi-dwarf and pyramidal plant form; yellow and dark green-colored leaves; and winter hardiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Witteman + Co.
    Inventor: Cornelius Petrus Franciscus Kools
  • Calla lily plant named ‘Hot Cherry BLZ’
    Patent number: PP20071
    Abstract: A calla lily plant particularly distinguished by a purple-red spathe, low density maculation of the leaves that is visible from both sides and which produces 2 to 4 inflorescences per 3-cm tuber, is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Bloomz Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew G. F. Warren, Jacobus P. Spaans
  • Raspberry plant named ‘Jeanne D'Orleans’
    Patent number: PP20105
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Rubus idaeus L. plant, distinguished by greater fruit size, longer shelf life and fruit quality. The candidate variety also has high Soluble Solids (SS) content and high total of Hydrophobic and Crude antioxidant activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Her Majestry The Queen In Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
    Inventor: Shahrokh Khanizadeh
  • Peach tree named ‘NJF15’
    Patent number: PP20128
    Abstract: A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJF15’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of large, showy, light pink flowers, flat fruit that ripen in early midseason with mottled red over color on a bright yellow-orange ground color, clingstone fruit with a juicy, nonmelting texture and sweet, spicy flavor, firm fruit that retain their firmness well and trees with regular, heavy production of fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University
    Inventors: Joseph C. Goffreda, Anna M. Voordeckers
  • Mahonia plant named ‘Soft Caress’
    Patent number: PP20183
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Mahonia, ‘Soft Caress’, characterized by its unique foliage comprises of leaves with narrow, thread-like leaflets combined with a vigorous growth habit, racemes of yellow flowers, and pruinose blue berries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: ItSaul Plants, LLC
    Inventor: Karen Reiter Stever