Patents by Inventor Hans A. Hansen

Hans A. Hansen 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).

  • Veronica plant named 'Lavender Lightsaber'
    Publication number: 20200253104
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental spike speedwell plant, Veronica spicata ‘Lavender Lightsaber’, with upright narrow habit, stiff, upright, freely-branched spikes producing soft lavender flowers beginning in late spring and continuing for up to eight weeks. The new plant is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, as a container plant or as a cut flower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Heuchera plant named 'Timeless Treasure'
    Publication number: 20200245521
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Timeless Treasure’ with many small to medium-sized, shallowly lobed, glossy leaves with rounded apices and lobes. Tightly-branched, upright, burgundy flower stems are repeatedly produced from early summer to early fall for about fourteen weeks displaying large, rosy-pink flowers. The new plant has a compact, herbaceous perennial habit with mounds of leaves beginning the season purplish-red and developing a light silvery-gray overlay between the greyed purple surrounding the veins. It is vigorous and produces showy flowers over a long season, effective as a specimen plant, en masse in the landscape, or as a container plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Lagerstroemia plant named 'Dark Roast'
    Publication number: 20200245518
    Abstract: The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Dark Roast’ has a dense, short, compact, broadly-rounded habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has semi-glossy, mahogany-colored foliage becoming deep green at flowering time. The flowers arise from shiny, deep-red buds, are lightly fragrant, covering the shrub with their bright fuchsia-pink color. The new plant resists leaf spot and powdery mildew and is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Lagerstroemia plant named 'Lava Java'
    Publication number: 20200245519
    Abstract: The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Lava Java’ has a dense, broadly-spreading, mounded habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has glossy, dark-green foliage with faint marginal wine blush that emerge deep mahogany-colored. The flowers cover the shrub with magenta-rose from shiny reddish buds. The new plant resists leaf spot and powdery mildew and is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Lagerstroemia plant named 'Chai Berry'
    Publication number: 20200245517
    Abstract: The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Chai Berry’ has a dense, short, compact, fairly upright habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has glossy, deep medium-green foliage with faint marginal wine blush that emerge cinnamon-colored. The flowers arise from shiny, reddish buds covering the shrub with their rose pink color. The new plant resists leaf spot and powdery mildew and is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or as a container plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • Kniphofia plant named 'High Roller'
    Publication number: 20200245522
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Red Hot Poker plant named Kniphofia ‘High Roller’ with long, gracefully-arching, strap-like, keeled, glaucous, gray-green foliage and numerous scapes. Habit is densely growing, winter-hardy, tolerant of heat, deer and rabbits. Numerous scapes of deep coral-orange flower buds that open to near white on tall scapes beginning in the first week of summer and repeating into early August. The new plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or as a long-lasting cut flower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • Campanula plant named 'Violet Teacups'
    Publication number: 20200229337
    Abstract: The new and distinct bellflower plant, Campanula plant named ‘Violet Teacups’ with dense, compact, mounded habit; cordate to deltoid medium-green foliage and numerous strong purple campanulate flowers over about a 14 week period beginning in late spring. The new plant is suitable for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or in containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • plant named ‘Sassy Summer Silver’
    Patent number: PP31754
    Abstract: The new and distinct Yarrow, Achillea plant named ‘Sassy Summer Silver’, with narrow, silvery, fern-like foliage with moderately dissected lobules; tall, stiff, heavily branched peduncles with bright, golden yellow inflorescences, beginning in mid to late June and continuing for about six weeks. The new plant is useful for landscaping, as a specimen or en masse and as a cut flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Peter Cottontail’
    Patent number: PP31756
    Abstract: The new and distinct Yarrow plant named Achillea ‘Peter Cottontail’, dense mounded habit, of upright heavily branched stems of medium height; linear, serrate, slightly-glossy, deep-green leaves; heavy flowering of white, predominately sterile flowers in large heads averaging over 100 florets per head beginning in mid-June and continuing for nearly seven weeks. The new plant is useful as a specimen landscape plant, mass planting or cut flower in arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Crane Dance’
    Patent number: PP31780
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Hardy Geranium plant named ‘Crane Dance’ with palmately-lobed, deeply cleft foliage having deep green color with purple overlay and developing to brilliant reddish in the fall. The plant has numerous, densely-branched, stiff, erect, umbels with bluish-purple flowers displayed for two to three weeks beginning early summer. The new plant is vigorous and produces large upright mounded clumps suitable for landscape use in full-sun to medium-shaded garden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Smoke and Mirrors’
    Patent number: PP31785
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ with rounded, slightly shiny, shallowly-dissected leaf blades having silvery coloration with strong purplish undertones in spring and becoming silver with deep green surrounding the veins. The new plant has deep reddish calyces on mostly-upright highly-branched panicles. The new plant is vigorous, resists melting out in high heat and humidity and produces medium clumps with many dense leaves and is useful in the landscape or in containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Coral Craze’
    Patent number: PP31889
    Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Coral Craze’, with fragrant flowers on strong stems having coral pink ray florets that mature to lavender-pink with large orange center cone and near black stems; The flowers from mid-summer to late summer, and is suitable as a potted plant, for the landscape, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Timeless Treasure’
    Patent number: PP31987
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Timeless Treasure’ with many small to medium-sized, shallowly lobed, glossy leaves with rounded apices and lobes. Tightly-branched, upright, burgundy flower stems are repeatedly produced from early summer to early fall for about fourteen weeks displaying large, rosy-pink flowers. The new plant has a compact, herbaceous perennial habit with mounds of leaves beginning the season purplish-red and developing a light silvery-gray overlay between the greyed purple surrounding the veins. It is vigorous and produces showy flowers over a long season, effective as a specimen plant, en masse in the landscape, or as a container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Baby Doll Pink’
    Patent number: PP32025
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of garden phlox named Phlox ‘Baby Doll Pink’ multi-stemmed, very short, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, medium-green, glossy, lanceolate leaves with exceptional powdery mildew resistance. Foliage is thick with stiff stems. Flowers are medium pink with white eye zone markings produced on branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning early summer, about two weeks prior typical Phlox paniculata cultivars and continuing for about six weeks. ‘Baby Doll Pink’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Boom Chocolatta’
    Patent number: PP32026
    Abstract: The new and distinct hybrid of Hardy Geranium plant named Geranium ‘Boom Chocolatta’ with large, rounded, deeply-cleft, palmately-lobed foliage having dark bronze color. Numerous, densely-branched, erect, stems display blue-purple flowers above the foliage beginning early summer for about three weeks. The new plant is vigorous and produces large, upright, winter-hardy mounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Dark Mystery’
    Patent number: PP32036
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of winter-hardy, herbaceous, perennial, hybrid Hibiscus plant named ‘Dark Mystery’ comprising a rounded mound habit of multiple, well-branched, basal stems producing flowers from the bottom to the top of the plant for five to six weeks from late July to early September. Flowers have petals of pale pink to light pink with strong reddish veins radiating toward margin and dark, red, shiny eye set off with column of cream-colored pollen. The foliage is cordate to ovate and deep mahogany-colored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Dancing with Dragons’
    Patent number: PP32040
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Dancing with Dragons’ of arching, ovate, strongly glaucous, blue-green leaves having a near white underside and wavy margins. The blue-green leaf coloration remains until near the end of the growing season. The flowers with white tepals having light lavender centers are tightly congested in verticils and individually on scapes above the foliage. ‘Dancing with Dragons’ has excellent compact mounded habit and is useful in the landscape, in containers, as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • X plant named ‘Pineapple Punch’
    Patent number: PP32041
    Abstract: A new and distinct x Mangave plant named ‘Pineapple Punch’ characterized by moderate to rapid growth rate and compact habit of stiff, upright to outward pointing, succulent foliage gray-green coloring and burgundy speckling in the leaf centers and cherry red in the margins. The leaves have a yellowish margin that varies from chartreuse to bright gold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Bedazzled Pink’
    Patent number: PP32063
    Abstract: A unique cultivar of Hybrid Spring Phlox plant named Phlox ‘Bedazzled Pink’ multi-stemmed compact habit, winter-hardy, slowly spreading plant with bright, glossy-green, lanceolate leaves. Flowers are sweetly fragrant, beginning in mid-April and continuing for about six to seven weeks on branched peduncles. Petals are bright medium pink upon anthesis and lighten to light pink. Petal apices are deeply notched and each blade has two deep purple striae marks near the center eye. Foliage stays clean and resists mildew, and the new plant is especially suitable for the landscape as a potted plant, in the garden as a specimen or en masse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘Miss America’
    Patent number: PP32068
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Miss America’ with large, rounded-mound habit of heavy-substance, stiff, variegated foliage. Leaves are shiny, flat, cordate with creamy-white centers and broad, deep green margins and intermediate colors between. Flowers have white margins with pale lavender center stripes on tepal insides and are held on stiff, upright cream-colored stems with about 90 flowers per scape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen