Patents Examined by Keith Robinson
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘KORmahensi’
    Patent number: PP27924
    Abstract: ‘KORmahensi’ is a new and distinct variety of Rosa hybrida which is characterized by the combination of an upright and bushy growth habit and large, very-double flowers which are pink in color. The new variety propagates successfully by grafting and by stem cuttings and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: W. Kordes Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • plant named ‘H21-3’
    Patent number: PP27935
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘H21-3’ that is characterized by its large sterile flowers that are star shaped and dark pink in color, its large inflorescences made up of double sterile flowers with numerous layers of sepals that extend down the pedicel, its very long bloom season, and its strong stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Ryoji Irie
  • plant named ‘SW 107’
    Patent number: PP27937
    Abstract: A new and distinct Stevia rebaudiana plant named ‘SW 107’ is described. The new variety is distinguished from other Stevia varieties by high productivity, including superior plant vigor and excellent overwintering capability; very sweet leaf taste with low bitterness and aftertaste and high rebaudioside A content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: S&W Seed Company
    Inventors: Clinton C. Shock, Cheryl A. Parris
  • plant named ‘12-05-144’
    Patent number: PP27938
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct stevia plant designated as ‘12-05-144’ primarily adapted to produce sweeteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, PureCircle Sdn Bhd
    Inventors: Ryan M. Warner, Randolph Beaudry, James Hancock, Veronica A. Vallejo
  • plant named ‘12-05-149’
    Patent number: PP27939
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct stevia plant designated as ‘12-05-149’ primarily adapted to produce sweeteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, PureCircle Sdn Bhd
    Inventors: Ryan M. Warner, Randolph Beaudry, James Hancock, Veronica A. Vallejo
  • hybrid plant named ‘SAKPXC014’
    Patent number: PP27941
    Abstract: A new Petunia-Calibrachoa hybrid plant particularly distinguished by having purple flower color and a spreading plant habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Akinobu Ui, Shin Ishikawa
  • Peach tree named ‘Sauzee Giant’
    Patent number: PP27955
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach tree (Prunus persica). 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. Regular and productive bearer of large size fruit. 3. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 4. Mild, sweet, sub-acid, white flesh fruit. 5. Peento type fruit, with an attractive red blush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Neil Zaiger, Leith Marie Gardner, Grant Gene Zaiger
  • plant named ‘Koncasunda’
    Patent number: PP27959
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Koncasunda’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; sturdy and strong plants; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit; numerous light yellow-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Konst Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Konst
  • plant named ‘Koncamystic’
    Patent number: PP27960
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Koncamystic’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; sturdy and strong plants; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit; numerous light and dark purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Konst Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Konst
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘KORapfhecki’
    Patent number: PP27976
    Abstract: ‘KORapfhecki’ is a new and distinct variety of Rosa hybrida which is characterized by the combination of an upright and bushy growth habit, medium-sized double flowers which are orange in color and also attractive foliage with excellent disease resistance. The new variety propagates successfully by grafting and by stem cuttings and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: W. Kordes Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Apple tree named ‘Gala 2013’
    Patent number: PP27978
    Abstract: Malus domestica Borkh ‘Gala 2013’ variety is distinguished from the original mother plant ‘Gala Standard’ and other Gala varieties by an intense solid flush purple-red over-colour that covers 100% of the surface of all the fruits on the trees at harvesting time, an intense solid flush red colour of the fruits already 30 days before harvesting time, at full blooming the receptacle assumes a red coloration, the young fruits 40 days after full blooming are already red coloured, and the petiole and central vein are red coloured on the lower side of the fully expanded leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GRIBA Baumschule Landwirtschaftliche Gesellschaft
    Inventor: Alois Defranceschi
  • Fig tree named ‘S-49’
    Patent number: PP27982
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of fig tree which is denominated varietally as ‘S-49’ is described, and which further produces an attractively colored fig which is ripe for harvesting and shipment of a second crop during late July and early August under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: James F. Doyle
  • Fig tree named ‘S-64’
    Patent number: PP27983
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of fig tree is disclosed, and which produces a green to yellow skinned fig fruit of the common, or persistent type, and which further has an excellent size, and which additionally holds its size later in the season than other commercial fig varieties under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: James F. Doyle
  • plant named ‘Koncalucky’
    Patent number: PP27994
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Koncalucky’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; sturdy and strong plants; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit; numerous white and dark pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Konst Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Konst
  • plant named ‘USTUNJ2401’
    Patent number: PP28028
    Abstract: A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘USTUNJ2401’, characterized by its compact, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; relatively small white-colored flowers with a distinct and stable red purple star-shaped color pattern; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Plant 21 LLC
    Inventor: Ushio Sakazaki
  • plant named ‘DDIASC990’
    Patent number: PP28037
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Diascia plant named ‘DDIASC990’, characterized by its compact, semi-upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; strong flowering stems; numerous large pure white-colored flowers with dark yellow-colored throats; and good garden performance and tolerant to high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Danziger “DAN” Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gavriel Danziger
  • plant named ‘USTUNJ1901’
    Patent number: PP28051
    Abstract: A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘USTUNJ1901’, characterized by its compact, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; relatively small white-colored flowers with a distinct and stable blue violet star-shaped color pattern; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Plant 21 LLC
    Inventor: Ushio Sakazaki
  • plant named ‘USTUN75102’
    Patent number: PP28052
    Abstract: A new and distinct Petunia plant named ‘USTUN75102’, characterized by its compact, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; lavender blue-colored flowers with green-colored margins; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Plant 21 LLC
    Inventor: Ushio Sakazaki
  • plant named ‘Kerlatte’
    Patent number: PP28069
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Kerlatte’, characterized by its mounding plant habit becoming more outwardly spreading with development; freely branching habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; medium-sized pale cream-colored flowers with dark purple-colored centers and venation; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: David William Kerley, Priscilla Grace Kerley, Timothy Edward Kerley
  • Nectarine tree named ‘Smooth Delight One’
    Patent number: PP28077
    Abstract: Disclosed is a new variety of Prunus persica named ‘Smooth Delight One’. This new variety, which requires 350-400 chilling units of dormancy, is considered to be a nectarine tree of early season maturity, ripens in early to mid-May in the medium chill zone of Texas, which produces white fleshed sub acid fruit that are very firm, attractively colored, and suitable for both local and regional markets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: David H. Byrne, Natalie Anderson