Patents Examined by Louanne Krawczewicz Myer
  • Patent number: PP23306
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Dieffenbachia plant named ‘Delilah’, that is characterized by its foliage that is variegated with bright creamy white centers, dark green margins, and variable marbling of dark and bright green in the centers, its wide, compact leaf petioles that are variegated with mottling of green and white, its ability to readily produce new shoots resulting in a full and compact plant habit and its thick leaves that impart resistance to insects and diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: J. Glenn Barnes
  • Patent number: PP23324
    Abstract: A new variety of Miniature rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of twinkling brilliant orange coloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Weeks Roses
    Inventor: Christian Bédard
  • Patent number: PP23332
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘MYSTIC ENCHANTMENT’ that is distinguishable by a compact rounded habit, glossy mahogany-black divided leaves and dark purple-brown stems. ‘MYSTIC ENCHANTMENT’ exhibits large bright red blossoms and dark central disks. In combination these traits set ‘MYSTIC ENCHANTMENT’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dahlia known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Inventor: Keith Hammett
  • Patent number: PP23371
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Begonia named ‘YAMOON’, characterized by its large, single yellow flowers with broad ovate-shaped tepals, its spreading and upright habit, its numerous basal shoots, its vigorous growth habit and its ease of vegetative propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Frederic C. Yates
  • Patent number: PP23396
    Abstract: A new miniature rose plant that has abundant, white flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year-round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Poulsen Rose A/S
    Inventor: Mogens Nyegaard Olesen
  • Patent number: PP23418
    Abstract: A new cultivar of apple tree, ‘PLUMAC’ that is characterized by having a tree habit that is weeping and naturally feathering allowing the tree to be easily trained, tree bark that is greyed orange in color, and fruit that is mottled, flushed and striped, has excellent pressure and texture with a very sweet flavor, is late in coloring and has a long harvest season, is large in size with the large size developing evenly throughout the tree, and that stores well in a coolstore without problems such as bitter pit, scald, water core, or discoloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Geoffrey R. P. Plunkett
  • Patent number: PP23426
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Leucanthemum plant named ‘LEUZ0001’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; strong and upright flowering stems; early and freely flowering habit; and large semi-double inflorescences with white-colored ray florets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Henricus Godefridus Wilhelmus Stemkens
  • Patent number: PP23447
    Abstract: A new cultivar of tuberous Begonia, Begonia ‘BROTHGLOW’, characterized by its upright growth habit with good basal branching, its single male flowers that are apricot in color, and its evenly formed leaves that are dark olive green-bronze in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventors: Caroline Booth, Claire Brown
  • Patent number: PP23451
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alternanthera plant named ‘Mimosa’, characterized by its overall rounded plant habit with lateral branches upright to outwardly spreading and trailing; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; strong and healthy leaves; leaves that are dark green in color with random sectors of varying shades of pink and red purple; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Itsaul Plants LLC
    Inventor: Robert Mark Saul
  • Patent number: PP23504
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Dahl Baby’ characterized by its compact plant habit with a tight rosette of foliage, its abundance of bloom in spring, its 2.5 to 3.8 cm inflorescences comprised of golden yellow tubular ray florets surrounded golden disk florets, and its plant height of about 30 cm in bloom with a foliage height of 15 to 20 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Aris Horticulture Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Dahlheimer, Robert Mark Saul
  • Patent number: PP23542
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Agapanthus plant named ‘Pavlova’ that is characterized by grey green leaves, a compact dwarf habit and a large number of white flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Lindsey Hatch
  • Patent number: PP23597
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Sil Baldo 448’, characterized by its semi-double type, fuchsia and cherry-red bicolored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, low to moderate vigor, and compact, upright growth habit growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Ilse Fischer-Toehl
  • Patent number: PP23632
    Abstract: A variety of swamp white oak which combines vigorous growth, large deep green glossy leaves, resistance to powdery mildew and oak anthracnose, and an excellent branch structure that forms a pyramidal canopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
    Inventor: Keith S. Warren
  • Patent number: PP23633
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Sambucus named ‘Eiffel 1’ characterized by its upright, columnar plant habit, its dark purple foliage, its dark purple mature stems, its pink flowers and its large, dark black-purple berries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventor: Kenneth Richard Tobutt
  • Patent number: PP23650
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Sunny Side Up’, characterized by its low growing, spreading growth habit; leathery, scabrous dark green foliage; continuous flowering; and yellow flower buds that open to yellow with a darker golden-yellow center and age to white with a yellow center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Plant Introductions, Inc.
    Inventor: Josh Kardos
  • Patent number: PP23689
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach tree (Prunus persica), which is denominated varietally as ‘Burpeachtwentyeight’, and which produces an attractively colored yellow-fleshed, clingstone peach which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately May 16 to May 24 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: The Burchell Nursery, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Gerdts, John K. Slaughter
  • Patent number: PP23734
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Twister’, particularly distinguished by red-purple and white bicolored flowers, compact habit, healthy foliage, and good mildew resistance with good garden performance, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventor: Jan Verschoor
  • Patent number: PP23743
    Abstract: ‘KinnowLS’ is a mid- to late-season maturing (depending on climate) diploid mandarin that combines large-sized fruit of excellent quality and production with low seed content even in mixed plantings. It may be successful in the mid-to-late season marketing window that currently has few low-seeded, high quality cultivars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Mikeal L. Roose, Timothy E. Williams
  • Patent number: PP23829
    Abstract: A new and distinct Nephrolepis cultivar named ‘Floriane’ is disclosed, characterized by a distinctive relaxed, nearly weeping plant habit, broad, nearly weeping foliage and overall broad plant habit. The near variety is a Nephrolepis, typically used for indoor ornamental purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Vitro Plus B.V.
    Inventor: Jacob Bijl
  • Patent number: PP23835
    Abstract: A new and distinct Sutera cultivar named ‘DANCOP37’ is disclosed, characterized by extra large blue flowers, early and abundant flowering. The new variety has a semi-trailing, compact growth habit and moderate vigor. The new variety is a Sutera, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Danziger ‘DAN’ Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gavriel Danziger