Patents by Inventor Darrell R. Probst

Darrell R. Probst 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).

  • Publication number: 20170196158
    Abstract: The present Coreopsis variety was created during a controlled plant breeding program. A vigorous, compact and bushy growth habit is displayed. Attractive, large cream-colored flowers are displayed with the ray florets having a burgundy red eye zone and burgundy red suffusion throughout the ray florets during cooler growing conditions. The green foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the lighter blossom coloration. Excellent resistance to powdery mildew has been displayed during observations to date. The plant is a perennial and has been observed to be hardy to at least U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 5. The plant can be grown to advantage as attractive ornamentation in parks, gardens, and residential settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Darrell R. PROBST
  • Publication number: 20170188502
    Abstract: The present Coreopsis variety was created during a controlled plant breeding program. A compact and bushy growth habit is displayed. Attractive, large burgundy to purple daisy-type inflorescences are formed in abundance with near white apices on the ray florets during warm growing conditions. The dark green foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. Excellent resistance to powdery mildew has been displayed during observations to date. The plant is a perennial and has been observed to be hardy to at least U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 5. The plant can be grown to advantage as attractive ornamentation in parks, gardens, and residential settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Publication number: 20170188503
    Abstract: The present Coreopsis variety was created during a controlled plant breeding program. A compact and bushy growth habit is displayed. Attractive, yellow daisy-type inflorescences with a burgundy eye zone particularly during cooler growing conditions are formed. The dark green foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. Excellent resistance to powdery mildew has been displayed during observations to date. The plant is a perennial and has been observed to be hardy to at least U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 5. The plant can be grown to advantage as attractive ornamentation in parks, gardens, and residential settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Darrell R. PROBST
  • Patent number: PP28572
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Sophia’ characterized by its compact plant habit reaching an average of 45 cm in height and 45 cm in width, its near sterility with a floriferous and long bloom season that does not require deadheading with bloom commences in late June and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with tube-shaped ray florets that are light yellow in color, its lack of requirement for vernalization to initiate flowering, its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 5, and its resistance to powdery mildew and leaf spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP28592
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Lauren’ characterized by its densely bushy plant habit reaching an average of 40 cm in height and 50 cm in width, its observed sterility, its floriferous and long bloom season that does not require deadheading with bloom commences in late June and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are light yellow in color, its lack of requirement for vernalization to initiate flowering, its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 5, and its resistance to powdery mildew and leaf spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP29204
    Abstract: The present Coreopsis variety was created during a controlled plant breeding program. A compact and bushy growth habit is displayed. Attractive, large burgundy to purple daisy-type inflorescences are formed in abundance with near white apices on the ray florets during warm growing conditions. The dark green foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. Excellent resistance to powdery mildew has been displayed during observations to date. The plant is a perennial and has been observed to be hardy to at least U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 5. The plant can be grown to advantage as attractive ornamentation in parks, gardens, and residential settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP29232
    Abstract: The present Coreopsis variety was created during a controlled plant breeding program. A vigorous, compact and bushy growth habit is displayed. Attractive, large cream-colored flowers are displayed with the ray florets having a burgundy red eye zone and burgundy red suffusion throughout the ray florets during cooler growing conditions. The green foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the lighter blossom coloration. Excellent resistance to powdery mildew has been displayed during observations to date. The plant is a perennial and has been observed to be hardy to at least U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 5. The plant can be grown to advantage as attractive ornamentation in parks, gardens, and residential settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP29233
    Abstract: The present Coreopsis variety was created during a controlled plant breeding program. A compact and bushy growth habit is displayed. Attractive, yellow daisy-type inflorescences with a burgundy eye zone particularly during cooler growing conditions are formed. The dark green foliage coloration contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. Excellent resistance to powdery mildew has been displayed during observations to date. The plant is a perennial and has been observed to be hardy to at least U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 5. The plant can be grown to advantage as attractive ornamentation in parks, gardens, and residential settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP29744
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Epimedium hybrid, ‘Ninja Stars’, characterized by its leaves that are long, narrow, and evergreen with very spiny leaf margins, its foliage that emerges bronze in color in spring and turns medium dark green and semi-glossy in appearance as the season progresses, its numerous erect flower stems held above the foliage that are large in size and yellow in color, semi-long rhizomes averaging 10 cm in length, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP29818
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Red Tapestry’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 40 cm in height and 65 cm in width, floriferous and long blooming season of sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are dark yellow in color with red eye zones in color, its resistance to powdery mildew and leafspot, and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP29920
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Shades of Rosé’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 50 cm in height and 90 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are salmon-rose in color, its resistance to powdery mildew and leafspot, and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP30168
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Enchanted Red’ that is characterized by its compact and densely plant habit reaching an average of 23 cm in height and 50 cm in width, its floriferous and long bloom season; bloom commences in late June and continues until frost in Kensington, Conn., its relative sterility under normal garden conditions without the need for deadheading to keep flowering, and its large solid red flowers in warm and cooler temperatures (for the majority of the growing season in New Braintree, Mass.) with new flowers produced during the heat of summer paler red in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP31366
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Cherry Blast’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 40 cm in height and 70 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are red-purple in color with paler markings towards the tips, its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii) and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP31367
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Ice Wine’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 45 cm in height and 75 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of nearly sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are bright white in color with a distinct eyezone that is maroon in color, its resistance to powdery mildew and leafspot and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP31368
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Blushing Pink’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 36 cm in height and 96 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences that open a darker rose-pink in color and over several days turn to a pale pink in color, its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii) and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP31369
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Glowing Embers’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 45 cm in height and 75 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are orange-red in color with yellow colored markings near the tips, its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii) and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP31843
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis plant named ‘Darling Clementine’ that is characterized by its compact plant habit reaching an average of 40 cm in height and 60 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of its sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in mid-June and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its large sized inflorescences with ray florets that are medium orange in color and flushed with yellow near the tips, its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii), and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Darrell R. Probst
  • Patent number: PP31908
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis plant named ‘Sweet Tart’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 40 cm in height and 70 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of nearly sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are vibrant raspberry rose in color with a small area of yellow at the base (insignificant eye zone), its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii) and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventor: Darrell R Probst
  • Patent number: PP32336
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Goldilocks’ that is characterized by its compact plant habit reaching an average of 38 cm in height and 55 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of nearly sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in late June and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are solid medium yellow in color, its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii) and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Darrell R Probst
  • Patent number: PP32739
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis plant named ‘Butter Rum’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 42 cm in height and 60 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of nearly sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are yellow in color with red flushed tips, its near sterility, its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii), and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: Darrell R Probst