Patents by Inventor Cornelis P. VandenBerg

Cornelis P. VandenBerg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5850006
    Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Moda particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; pompon capitulum type; yellow ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of up to 4 cm at maturity; uniform eight week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; peduncle length ranging from 5 to 15 cm on open, terminal sprays; medium plant height when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; and excellent tolerance to low temperatures for bud initiation and flower development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: 5850005
    Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Yellow Vero particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; yellow ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of up to 85 mm at maturity; uniform nine week photoperiodic flowering response to short days; medium plant height when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; and excellent tolerance to low temperatures for bud initiation and flower development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10223
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Finesse`, characterized by its rounded uniform plant habit; daisy spray-type inflorescences that are 3.2 to 3.8 cm in diameter; attractive red and yellow bi-colored ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; floriferousness with about 70 to 90 inflorescences per plant; and excellent postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about four weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10225
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Suerte`, characterized by its medium-sized daisy-type inflorescences that are about 9 cm in diameter; attractive dark pink/purple ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; numerous ray florets per inflorescence arranged in multiple rows; numerous disc florets per inflorescence; and excellent postproduction longevity with flowering stems maintaining good substance and color for three to four weeks in an interior environment after one week of cool storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10251
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Sunset Madison`, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; medium-size daisy spray-type inflorescences that are 6.4 and 7.3 cm in diameter; attractive red and yellow bi-colored ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; and good postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about 2.5 weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10252
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Gilroy`, characterized by its upright and uniform plant habit; large decorative disbud-type inflorescences that are 10.2 to 11.7 cm in diameter; attractive medium to light bronze-colored ray florets; and excellent postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about four weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10331
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Pilar`, characterized by its anemone spray-type inflorescences that are about 6.5 cm in diameter; attractive purple ray florets with yellow-tipped disc florets; numerous inflorescences per flowering stem; numerous ray and disc florets per inflorescence; and excellent postproduction longevity with flowering stems maintaining good substance and color for at three or four weeks in an interior environment after one week of cool storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10405
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Alegria`, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences that are about 5 cm in diameter; attractive red purple ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; numerous inflorescences per stem; and excellent postproduction longevity with flowering stems maintaining good substance and color for three to four weeks in an interior environment after one week of cool storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10406
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Golden Albany`, characterized by its slightly domed capitulum form; decorative-type inflorescences; attractive bright yellow ray florets; numerous inflorescences per plant; uniform flowering in year-round production; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10407
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Laguna`, characterized by its medium sized daisy-type inflorescences that are about 8 cm in diameter; attractive dark red ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; and excellent postproduction longevity with flowering stems maintaining good substance and color for three to four weeks in an interior environment after one week of cool storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10462
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Tijuana Sunset`, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; medium-size daisy spray-type inflorescences that are 7.9 to 8.3 cm in diameter; attractive red and yellow bi-colored ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; and very good postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about three weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10571
    Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Red Akron particularly characterized by its flat capitulm form; daisy capitulm type; dark red ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulm of 64 to 76 mm when fully opened, when grown as a pinched spray pot mum; photoperiodic flowering response of 50 to 56 days after start of short days; plant height, with 14 to 16 long days after sticking unrooted cuttings and with 1 to 2 applications of 2500 ppm B-9 SP ranges from 20 to 30 cm when grown as a pinched pot mum with 4 cuttings in a 15 cm pot; branching pattern is spreading and prolific, each plant developing 4 to 6 laterals after pinch; and recommended as a spray pot mum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10604
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Spokane`, characterized by its medium-sized quilled decorative-type inflorescences that are about 8 cm in diameter; pure white ray floret color; numerous ray florets per inflorescence; and exceptional postproduction longevity with flowering stems maintaining good substance and color for about four weeks in an interior environment after one week of cool storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10662
    Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Yellow Traviata particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; quilled-decorative capitulum type; yellow ray floret color diameter across face of capitulum of 92 to 99 mm when fully opened, when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; when grown as a single stem disbudded cut mum the diameter of capitulum is 132 to 145 mm; flowering response in Salinas under normal temperatures is 56 to 61 days after start of short days. Flowering response in Bogota, Colombia is 67 to 77 days after start of short days; plant height is 84 to 102 cm when grown in Salinas with 18 long days prior to start of short days; height is 86 to 97 cm when grown in Bogota with 21 long days prior to start of short days; peduncle length of the first and the fourth lateral at flowering after removing the apical bud without growth regulator applications is 8 to 10 cm and 13 to 15 cm when grown in Salinas, Calif.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10663
    Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Detroit particularly characterized by its flat captiulm form; daisy capitulum type; red ray floret color with a green disc and a small brown dot in the center of the disc; diameter across face of captilum of 73 to 76 mm when fully opened; flowering response in Salinas under normal tempeatures is 53 to 56 days after start of short days; plant height is 89 to 109 cm when grown in Salinas with 11 to 17 long days prior to start of short days; penduncle length of the first and the fourth laterals at flowering after removing the apical bud is 8 to 13 cm and 20 cm when grown in Salinas, Calif.; production of 9 to 13 laterals, each producing one terminal flower when grown in Salinas, Calif.; and uniform flowering in year round flowering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10671
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Morena`, characterized by its decorative spray-type inflorescences that are about 6 cm in diameter; attractive golden yellow ray florets with a green inflorescence center; numerous inflorescences per stem; numerous ray florets per inflorescence; and exceptional postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about four weeks in an interior environment after one week of cool storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10680
    Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named Plum Akron particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; red-purple ray floret color towards the red group; diameter across face of capitulum of 64 to 76 mm when fully opened, when grown as a pinched spray pot mum; photoperiodic flowering response of 50 to 56 days after start of short days; plant height, with 14 to 16 long days after sticking unrooted cuttings and with 1 to 2 applications of 2500 ppm B-9 SP ranges from 20 to 30 cm when grown as a pinched pot mum with 4 cuttings in a 15 cm pot; branching pattern is spreading and prolific, each plant developing 4 to 6 laterals after pinch; and recommended as a spray pot mum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10691
    Abstract: Chrysanthemum plant named `Bronze Cantata` particularly characterized by its flat capitulum form; daisy capitulum type; light orange-bronze ray floret color; diameter across face of capitulum of 76 to 89 mm when fully opened, when grown as a single stem spray cut mum; flowering response in Salinas under normal temperatures is 48 to 54 days after start of short days. Flowering response in Bogota, Colombia is 64 to 67 days after start of short days; plant height is 74 to 86 cm when grown in Salinas with 11 long days prior to start of short days; height is 102 to 112 cm when grown in Bogota with 14 to 15 long days prior to start of short days; peduncle length of the first and the fourth lateral at flowering after removing the apical bud without growth regulator applications is 5 to 15 cm and 8 to 20 cm when grown in Salinas, Calif., and 13 to 20 cm and 20 to 23 cm when grown in Bogota, Colombia; recommended as a spray cut mum; and uniform flowering in year round flowerings in both Salinas, Calif.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. Vandenberg
  • Patent number: PP10753
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Dark Pilar`, characterized by its anemone spray-type inflorescences that are about 7.75 cm in diameter; attractive purple ray florets with yellow-tipped disc florets; numerous inflorescences per flowering stem; numerous ray and disc florets per inflorescence; and excellent postproduction longevity with flowering stems maintaining good substance and color for about three to four weeks in an interior environment after one week of cool storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg
  • Patent number: PP10754
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named `Orange Suerte`, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences that are about 10 cm in diameter; attractive bright orange ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; numerous ray florets per inflorescence arranged in multiple rows; numerous disc florets per inflorescence; and excellent postproduction longevity with flowering stems maintaining good substance and color for about three to four weeks in an interior environment after one week of cool storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. VandenBerg