Patents Examined by Keith O. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11647712
    Abstract: A novel hybrid cantaloupe plant designated HMC460066 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC460066, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC460066, and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant by crossing the hybrid cantaloupe HMC460066 with itself or another cantaloupe plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: HM. CLAUSE, INC.
    Inventor: Bill Copes
  • Patent number: 11647713
    Abstract: A novel hybrid cantaloupe plant designated DEPUTY is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid cantaloupe designated DEPUTY, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid cantaloupe designated DEPUTY, and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant by crossing the hybrid cantaloupe DEPUTY with itself or another cantaloupe plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: HM. CLAUSE, INC.
    Inventor: Bill Copes
  • Patent number: 11647711
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new broccoli variety. The broccoli plant of the present invention includes a broccoli plant identified by Accession No. FERM BP-22393 or a progeny line thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TAKII & COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayuki Komatsu
  • Patent number: PP35158
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawOneHundredOne’, particularly selected for its fruit flavor as well as having large, glossy, and firm fruit, in addition to the plant having high yield potential and being healthy and vigorous, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Stewart, Kevin Coons, Amy M. Edmondson, Iana Kostina
  • Patent number: PP35162
    Abstract: A new Anthurium plant named ‘AN2112420’ particularly distinguished by having weakly blistered and medium glossy, concave, pink with red tips and green lobes, cordate and durable spathes that retain the original color for a very long period of time, dark green, deltoid, durable leaves, dark red cataphylls, purplish-red spadices with reddish-orange tips, early and rich flowering continuously throughout the year, and a plant height of 24.0 cm to 27.0 cm is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Anthura B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Van Dijk
  • Patent number: PP35178
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Tree having a vigorous, upright growth habit. 2. Tree being a regular and productive bearer of medium size, red flesh fruit. 3. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 4. Fruit with an attractive reddish purple skin color. 5. Fruit with good handling and storage ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Lacey Marie Gardner, Jalen Robert Zaiger, Tracee Louise Bettencourt
  • Patent number: PP35183
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Leucanthemum plant named ‘Sunrimaiapy’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; strong flowering stems; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; large single-type inflorescences with white-colored ray florets and bright yellow-colored disc florets; no vernalization requirement for flowering; good garden performance and winter hardiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SUNRISE FARM FLOWERS, LLC
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Patent number: PP35187
    Abstract: ‘LEGMAVI’ is a new and distinctive variety of Eryngium alpinum plant which is characterized by precocious, first-year flowering, continuous flowering throughout the growing season, inflorescences with prominent violet-blue involucres subtending each of the dark blue capitular umbel. The new variety propagates successfully by stem cuttings and tissue culture and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Pieter Heemskerk
  • Patent number: PP35189
    Abstract: A new, distinct Pennisetum alopecuroides plant as shown and described, characterized by dark greyed-purple inflorescences on 96 cm stems that start in mid-September in northern Illinois.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Brent Arpad Horvath
  • Patent number: PP35193
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Senecio plant named ‘Sene Nirenago’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with ray florets that are deep violet and light reddish purple in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SUNTORY FLOWERS LIMITED
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: PP35195
    Abstract: A new garden rose plant of the Hybrid Tea class which has abundant, pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser Als
    Inventor: Mogens Nyegaard Olesen
  • Patent number: PP35196
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of interspecific tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Tree having a vigorous, upright growth habit. 2. Tree being a regular and productive bearer of medium size, red flesh fruit. 3. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 4. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin color. 5. Fruit with good storage and shipping ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Lacey Marie Gardner, Jalen Robert Zaiger, Tracee Louise Bettencourt
  • Patent number: PP35198
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ilex plant named ‘RutHol7’, characterized by its upright, elliptical growth habit; a height-to-width ratio of about 2.3; grayish-purple new growth, and narrower leaves than similar Ilex cultivars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Ruter
  • Patent number: PP35203
    Abstract: The invention is a new and distinct variety of Grapes plant named ‘Juneau blanc’ that is characterized by its good cold hardiness in Québec, Canada, its grapes that have thick skins and are resistant to fall frost, its vigorous growth habit with high fruit production, its grapes that are golden yellow in color at full maturity, its good disease resistance, its upward growing canes, and its juicy grapes with a fruity taste that are rich in aroma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Ronald Juneau
  • Patent number: PP35215
    Abstract: A new distinct variety of Vitis vinifera (Table grape) named ‘Itumtwelve’ forms distinctive seedless fruit with a black berry skin and a narrow ellipsoid berry shape. Fruit has a neutral flavor and a very firm flesh that together with a medium thickness of skin makes it crunchy at the first bite. Being a mid-season variety, the fruit commonly is ready for harvesting from August to mid-October in Murcia, Spain, and displays good eating qualities as a table grape. The fruit meatiness and firmness renders the fruit amenable for handling, shipping, and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel Tornel Martinez, Juan Carreno Espin
  • Patent number: PP35218
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Abelia plant named ‘Minabcris01’ is disclosed, characterized by large, abundant, pendulous white flowers, and green foliage with red edges. Plants have vigorous, rounded habits. The new variety is an Abelia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Pierre Chaussard
  • Patent number: PP35219
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Orange Lava Wind’, characterized by its semi-upright and uniformly mounded plant habit appropriate for container production; freely branching habit, dense and bushy appearance; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, freely and early flowering habit; single orange-colored flowers with dark red-colored centers; good postproduction and garden performance; and resistance to Bacterial Leaf Spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ARIS HORTICULTURE, INC.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. Vandenberg
  • Patent number: PP35223
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘LAZOST1831’, characterized by its uniform and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely and uniformly branching habit; freely and early flowering habit; large single-type inflorescences with red purple and darker red purple bi-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LAZZERI GENETICA S.A.S. di DALLAGO FRANCO & C.
    Inventor: Johannes Nebelmeir
  • Patent number: PP35232
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Lungwort plant named Pulmonaria ‘Pink-a-Blue’ is characterized by prominent silver spotting on deep green foliage and large campanulate flowers open deep-pink and mature to medium blue on numerous inflorescences. The new plants show excellent vigor and good mildew resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Patent number: PP35235
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Pink Punch Wind’, characterized by its semi-upright and uniformly mounded plant habit appropriate for container production; freely branching habit, dense and bushy appearance; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, freely and early flowering habit; single pink-colored flowers with darker pink-colored throats; good postproduction and garden performance; and resistance to Bacterial Leaf Spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ARIS HORTICULTURE, INC.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. Vandenberg