Patents Examined by Susan B. McCormick
  • Flavonoids-rich tissues from and methods for culturing the same
    Patent number: 7824914
    Abstract: The present invention provides an in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue of Neomarica gracilis, which is obtained from a tissue culture preparation of an N. gracilis tissue capable of proliferating, such as a root, a leaf, a basal portion of a leaf, and/or a rhizome. The in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue of N. gracilis contains tectorigenin, which is distinctively different from the naturally grown rhizome of N. gracilis which contains no tectorigenin. The present invention further provides a method for cultivating the in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue, a method for extracting the tectorigenin from the flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue, and quantitative methods for determining the amount of tectorigenin in the in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Tatung Company, Tatung University
    Inventors: Chin-Wen Ho, Tin-Hui Chu
  • Strawberry plant named ‘Reliance’
    Patent number: PP21415
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘RELIANCE’. This new strawberry plant named ‘RELIANCE’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized by its large to very large fruit size; red to dark red fruit color; high productivity; medium sized plant; calyx that tends to be more equal to the diameter of the fruit; uniformly shaped, conical berries with good flavor; and relatively short fruiting trusses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignees: Plant Sciences, Inc., Berry R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Ackerman, Steven D. Nelson, Michael D. Nelson
  • plant named ‘PKMRH02’
    Patent number: PP21425
    Abstract: A new and distinct Rhipsalidopsis plant named ‘PKMRH02’ particularly characterized by its large upright to vertical flowers which are red-purple in color; buds in red-purple color; freely branching growth habit; and ovoid to lanceolatoid in shape buds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Gartneriet PKM A/A
    Inventor: Christian Hald Madsen
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘KORbaspro’
    Patent number: PP21429
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel soft pink flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits uniform, upright to bushy growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: W. Kordes′ Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Variety of rootstock named ‘Purplepac’
    Patent number: PP21432
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid peach-almond plant used as a rootstock that exhibits root-knot nematode resistance, red leaves, and compatibility with peach, nectarine, almond, and plum varieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Agromillora Iberia, S.L.
    Inventor: Jorge Pinochet
  • plant named “James Fleming”
    Patent number: PP21434
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy Hibiscus plant named ‘James Fleming’ is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily to its novelty by, its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, large, thick-textured, light pink flowers and its ‘maple-shaped’ leaves with a purple coloration, compact ness of about 3 feet, its vigorous and uniform growth habit and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Inventors: David Whitman Fleming, Gretchen Angela Zwetzig, legal representative
  • plant named ‘Pink Cotton Candy’
    Patent number: PP21436
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Stachys plant, ‘Pink Cotton Candy’, characterized by its flowers that are bright pink and two-toned in color with the upper lip of the petals lighter pink in color than the lower lip of the petals, its combination of newly opened flowers and fading flowers that impart an addition two-tone effect to the inflorescences, its free-flowering habit with an abundance of blooms produces for at least 8 weeks during the summer months, its robust and dense mound of deep green foliage with upright flowering stems arising above the foliage, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A Zones 4 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Chicagoland Grows
    Inventor: Richard Hawke
  • plant named ‘Thunder and Lightning’
    Patent number: PP21437
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Knautia ‘Thunder and Lightning’ characterized by variegated foliage with green centers and white margins, its short stature, its long blooming period and its bright red-purple inflorescences that are subtended by variegated involucral bracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Balbrewite’
    Patent number: PP21439
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named ‘Balbrewite’, characterized by its white-colored flower bracts, dark yellow-green colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventors: Scott C. Trees, Tau-San Chou
  • plant named ‘Balbreblus’
    Patent number: PP21440
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named ‘Balbreblus’, characterized by its white and pink colored flower bracts, variegated yellow-green and grayed-purple colored foliage, and compact-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventors: Scott C. Trees, Tau-San Chou
  • plant named ‘Bludena’
    Patent number: PP21441
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant named ‘Bludena,’ characterized particularly as to novelty by blue violet flowers, which appear earlier on the plant, and a growing habit that is first upright and later spreading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Henricus G. W. Stemkens
  • plant named ‘Agbabul’
    Patent number: PP21445
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Ageratum plant named ‘Agbabul,’ characterized particularly as to novelty by purple red flowers, early and continuous flowering, and its compact, upright, mounded and well branched growing habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders
  • plant named ‘Argybidaro’
    Patent number: PP21446
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum frutescens plant named ‘Argybidaro’ characterized by its rather vigorous round plant habit with dark green foliage, and its early, rich and long flowering with pink flowers with a contasting dark red center and a semi double flowering habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Theodorus Cornelis Maria van Kleinwee
  • Eastern redbud tree named ‘JN2’
    Patent number: PP21451
    Abstract: An Eastern Redbud tree named ‘JN2’ having golden orange new growth that does not burn, speckled lime green mature foliage, an improved vigor in heat and drought, and the capability of being reproduced reliably from budding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventors: Ray Jackson, Cindy Jackson
  • plant named ‘Kassandra’
    Patent number: PP21466
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Heuchera×villosa, ‘Kassandra’, characterized by its foliage that emerges coppery brown in color and changes to yellow-green and finally to a more golden color as it matures with distinct green veining, its large orbicular-shaped leaves on rosy red petioles, its compact and mounded plant habit, its tolerance to heat, humidity, and exposure to sunlight, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Sandrine Delabroye
  • Hybrid tea rose plant named ‘KORliolow’
    Patent number: PP21472
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel salmon orange-yellow flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits uniform, upright to bushy growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & CO KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • plant named ‘YBAZ-1892’
    Patent number: PP21474
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘YBAZ-1892’, characterized by its dark green-colored leaves that do not abscise during the cooling and forcing periods; uniform, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; white-colored flowers with occasional red purple-colored flecks; double flower form; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good flower substance for about four to five weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Aris Horticulture, Inc.
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • Azalea plant named ‘YBAZ-2504’
    Patent number: PP21475
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘YBAZ-2504’, characterized by its dark green-colored leaves that do not abscise during the cooling and forcing periods; uniform, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; pink-colored flowers; double flower form; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good flower substance for about five weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Aris Horticulture, Inc.
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • plant named ‘Stardust’
    Patent number: PP21479
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter hardy hibiscus plant named “Stardust ” is the result of a unique hybridization. This new and distinct cultivar is characterized primarily to its novelty by, its extreme cold hardiness to Zone 4, large, thick-textured, heavily streaked and speckled, red and pink flowers and its “maple-shaped” foliage with a bronze coloration, compactness of approximately 2½ feet, its vigorous and uniform breaking habit, and its floriferous nature from midsummer until frost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventors: David Whitman Fleming, Gretchen Angela Zwetzig, legal representative
  • plant named ‘Sky Rocket’
    Patent number: PP21497
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Pennisetum setaceum named ‘Sky Rocket’, characterized by its variegated foliage comprised of vertical bands of green and white that typically have green centers and white margins, its height of about 1.2 meters, its blooms that are white in color and slightly tinged with purple-pink, and its very vigorous but non-invasive growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: It Saul Plants
    Inventors: Ronald Strasko, Karen R. Stever