Patents Examined by Wendy C Haas
  • Patent number: PP23777
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree ‘Malus domestica’ which is denominated varietally as ‘CN 121’ and which produces an attractively colored apple which his mature for harvesting and shipment approximately September 19 under the ecological conditions prevailing near Ephrata, Wash., in the central portion of Washington State.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: Charles Nystrom
  • Patent number: PP23789
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Regal Geranium plant named ‘Regdar’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; dark purple, red purple and light red purple-colored flowers; and ability to initiate and develop flowers without a cooling treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Elsner PAC Jungpflanzen
    Inventor: Martin Geibel
  • Patent number: PP23793
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose having long lasting, novel yellow flowers with red petal margins and attractive foliage. The variety is suitable for forcing as a floral pot rose plant. The new variety has very good disease resistance. It exhibits uniform growth with abundant long lasting 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: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Patent number: PP23794
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel pink flowers, and attractive foliage with very good disease resistance. It exhibits moderate vigor 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: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Patent number: PP23795
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel dark red flowers, and attractive foliage with very good disease resistance. It exhibits moderate growth and vigor, and it produces 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: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Patent number: PP23797
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the heavy and regular production of large size fruit, with very good flavor and eating quality, with an attractive pink red skin color and with good handling and storage quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Agro Selections Fruits
    Inventors: Arsene Maillard, Laurence Maillard
  • Patent number: PP23798
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry tree. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the heavy and regular production of large size fruit, with very good flavor and eating quality, with an attractive pink red skin color and with good handling and storage quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Agro Selections Fruits
    Inventors: Arsene Maillard, Laurence Maillard
  • Patent number: PP23862
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree (‘Malus Domestica’) and which has been denominated varietally as ‘CN B60’ and which produces an attractively colored apple which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately September 19 under the ecological conditions prevailing near Ephrata, Wash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Inventor: Charles Nystrom
  • Patent number: PP23893
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Abutilon named ‘NUABTANG’ that is characterized by a compact habit, medium green leaves, bright orange-peach flowers with prominent cream-green calyces, and a long blooming season. In combination these traits set ‘NUABTANG’ apart from all other existing varieties of Abutilon known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Graham Brown
  • Patent number: PP23894
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘WP10 VEN06’ which is characterized by cold tolerance, compact habit, glaucous foliage and fragrant double white flowers. In combination, these characteristics set ‘WP10 VEN06’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dianthus known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Carolyn Grace Bourne
  • Patent number: PP23933
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree is described and which is somewhat similar in its overall characteristics to that of the ‘Honeycrisp’ apple tree (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,197), but which is distinguishable therefrom by producing a fruit which is ripe for harvesting and shipment about 5 days earlier than the ‘Honeycrisp’ apple tree when grown under the prevailing ecological conditions which occur near Ephrata, Wash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventor: Doug Shefelbine
  • Patent number: PP23952
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel yellow flowers, and attractive foliage with very good disease resistance. It exhibits upright 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: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Patent number: PP23953
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel orange-red flowers, with attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits moderate growth and a compact, upright habit. 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: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Patent number: PP23954
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel cream apricot flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits above average vigor 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: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Patent number: PP23955
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hybrid Tea rose plant is provided that commonly commences blooming early in the season and forms abundantly and substantially continuously attractive pure white very double blossoms which display a very strong fragrance. The growth habit is semi-erect, and very strong vegetation is formed. The vegetation is decorative and very dense and bears a glossy aspect on the upper surface. No particular disease problem has been observed. The plant is particularly well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in parks and gardens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: CP Delaware, Inc.
    Inventor: Alain A. Meilland
  • Patent number: PP23961
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Euonymus plant named ‘Alban’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; and relatively large variegated leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy D. Wood
  • Patent number: PP23963
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Tradescantia plant named ‘Good Luck’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; strong and healthy leaves; freely flowering habit; purple-colored flowers; long flowering period; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Compass Plants B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Strooper
  • Patent number: PP23982
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel yellow flowers, and attractive foliage with very good disease resistance. It exhibits 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: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: W. Kordes' Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Patent number: PP23983
    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. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 2. Fruit with an attractive red-yellow skin color. 3. Fruit with good handling and shipping quality. 4. Fruit with an average Brix of 18.5° and a good balance between acid and sugar. 5. Heavy and regular bearer of large size fruit. 6. Vigorous, upright tree growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventors: Gary Neil Zaiger, Leith Marie Gardner, Grant Gene Zaiger
  • Patent number: PP23930
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Schlumbergera plant named ‘Sao Paulo Brazil’, characterized by its pure white colored flowers; dense and bushy plant form; and moderate growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Rohdes A/S
    Inventor: Frank Rohde