Patents by Inventor Douglas Neptalí Cárdenas-Cárdenas

Douglas Neptalí Cárdenas-Cárdenas 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: PP34973
    Abstract: A new pineapple (Ananas comosus) variety of the Bromeliaceae family was developed from a cross between the parental hybrid ‘Dole-17’ and the commercial variety ‘Dole-11’ and has been designated ‘Dole-34’. This new variety differs from its progenitors in bearing a large oval to round shaped fruit with a crown that is lengthened cylindrical with a bunchy top, and with an intense reddish-orange color of the shell. The plant is compact and characterized by long spineless leaves with piping, that are green in color with red mottling. When unripe, fruit shell is dark green turning to uniform reddish-orange color when ripe, and the flesh is sweet and develops a yellow color at maturity. It also shows tolerance to natural flowering differentiation (NDF).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dole Food Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Antonio Young-Bustillo, Fernando Alberto Molina-Salinas, Douglas Neptalí Cárdenas-Cárdenas, Arnold Valentín Soto-Arrazola
  • Patent number: PP36298
    Abstract: A new pineapple (Ananas comosus) variety of the Bromeliaceae family was developed from a cross between the parental genotype ‘Dole-12’ and the commercial variety ‘Dole-11’ and has been designated ‘HND-32’. This new variety combines from its progenitors' different characteristics producing a unique hybrid showing irregular presence of spines in leaf margins, green leaves with red mottling colors, a reddish inflorescence at bottom stage, a cylindrical-slight taper shaped fruit with a long-conical crown, a distinctive ochre shell color, and an ivory white pulp with balanced sweet/acid-pleasant flavor, and tolerance to natural flowering differentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Dole Food Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Antonio Young-Bustillo, Fernando Alberto Molina-Salinas, Douglas Neptalí Cárdenas-Cárdenas