Patents by Inventor Harry Jan Swartz

Harry Jan Swartz 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: 20170172036
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct primocane and floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Addison’, which is capable of producing high yields of medium large, dark red, flavorful and firm fruit that are easy to harvest. The cultivar is also characterized by several morphological characteristics, including, a strong tendency toward red coloration of vegetative plant parts, bracts on peduncles, a long necked receptacle, and a slight imperfection of the fruit which can produce flattened surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Benjamin Dale Stokes
  • Publication number: 20160324046
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of primocane and floricane fruiting black raspberry plant ‘Ohio's Treasure’. The new cultivar fruits from normal overwintered floricane buds, on primocanes, and from late spring, long, basal, floricane trusses which result in good productivity over a particularly long harvest season.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Dale Stokes, Harry Jan Swartz
  • Publication number: 20160128254
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Piringer’, which is capable of producing large quantities of commercial size and quality fruit in subtropical or warm temperate areas which experience little winter chilling. The cultivar is characterized by high bud break and vigorous flower truss growth on low chilled plants which bear fruit early in the season. ‘Piringer’ fruit is light colored, truncated conic, firm, easily seen and picked and uniform; making it suitable for commercial shipping. The plant has a tendency toward trifoliolate (vs. pentafoliolate) leaves, dark red, somewhat innocuous thorns, and relatively smooth and simple leaf margins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Eva Mccarthy, Peter Edward Vinson
  • Publication number: 20150181784
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct primocane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Autumn Glory’, which is capable of producing consistent sized, attractive, flavorful and firm fruit that has exceptional consumer appeal characteristics. The cultivar is characterized by its flower truss pattern at the apex of its primocanes, its fruit glossiness and color, and several morphological characteristics including: thorn shape and pattern, leaf vein and margin characteristics, and its compact plant size and fruiting seasons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: FIVE ACES BREEDING LLC
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Eva McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20150181783
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Sapphire’, which is capable of producing large, attractive, flavorful and firm fruit which has exceptional consumer appeal characteristics. The cultivar is characterized by its thorniness throughout the plant, as described herein, lack of fall or primocane fruiting, its strong and distinctive flavor and firmness and its very large fruit size, weight and morphology, specifically its truncated conic, very uniform, fruit shape with minimal bulginess in its basal region or on its receptacle. ‘Sapphire’ plants are very productive in regions having sufficient chilling to produce sufficient spring bud break. Its high yield, firmness, storage ability and large size make ‘Sapphire’ economical to pick mid to mid late season floricane variety for shipping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: FIVE ACES BREEDING LLC
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Eva McCarthy
  • Patent number: PP12173
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct fall bearing red raspberry cultivar named ‘Josephine’, which is capable of producing fruit on primocanes, the fruit being larger, with tougher skin and more cohesive than that of the standard cultivars. The cultivar is characterized by moderate suckering ability and its large, round and extremely symmetrical fruit which ripens later than standard cultivars. Most drupelets tear apart rather than separate from each other and it is common to observe perfectly curvilinear rows of drupelets, i.e. along the latitudinal circumference of the fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: University of Maryland, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., University of Wisconsin at River Falls
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Joseph A. Fiola, Herbert D. Stiles, Brian R. Smith
  • Patent number: PP12350
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct spring bearing red raspberry cultivar named ‘Emily’, which is capable of producing highly cohesive and firm fruit in the spring midseason, the fruit being larger and more durable than that of the standard cultivars. The cultivar is characterized by moderate suckering ability, small red thorns and its large and elongate fruit which have a much narrower cavity than standard cultivars. Because of this trait, the fruit of ‘Emily’ is structurally more sound than other cultivars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignees: University of Maryland, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., University of Wisconsin at River Falls
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Joseph A. Fiola, Herbert D. Stiles, Brian R. Smith
  • Patent number: PP10411
    Abstract: Ths invention relates to a new and distinct fall bearing golden fruited raspberry cultivar named `Anne` which is capable of producing fruit on primocanes, the fruit being larger and more cohesive than that of the standard cultivars. The cultivar is characterized by moderate suckering ability, and its round-conic, light colored and symmetrical fruit. Additionally, it is characterized by its sparsely thorny upright canes, with fall fruit appearing on the upper quarter of the cane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Joseph A. Fiola, Herbert D. Stiles, Brian R. Smith
  • Patent number: PP10412
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct fall bearing red raspberry cultivar named `Caroline` which is capable of producing a large amount of larger, more flavorful and more cohesive fruit on primocanes 1-3 weeks earlier than standard cultivars. The cultivar is characterized by its moderate to high suckering ability, its conic, smooth and symmetrical fruit. Additionally, its thorn characteristics and its upright canes with fall fruit appearing on the upper half of the cane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Joseph A. Fiola, Herbert D. Stiles, Brian A. Smith
  • Patent number: PP10610
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct spring bearing red raspberry cultivar named `Lauren` which is capable of producing large fruit of floricanes that ripen 1 to 3 weeks earlier than `Titan`, the only other large fruited cultivar grown in the eastern United States, and several days to weeks earlier than most standard cultivars currently in widespread use. The cultivar is characterized by its moderate suckering ability, its conic, smooth and symmetrical fruit. Additionally, its canes are upright and vigorous, and it does not normally produce a fall crop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Joseph A. Fiola, Herbert D. Stiles, Brian A. Smith
  • Patent number: PP25952
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct primocane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Autumn Glory’, which is capable of producing consistent sized, attractive, flavorful and firm fruit that has exceptional consumer appeal characteristics. The cultivar is characterized by its flower truss pattern at the apex of its primocanes, its fruit glossiness and color, and several morphological characteristics including: thorn shape and pattern, leaf vein and margin characteristics, and its compact plant size and fruiting seasons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Five Aces Breeding LLC
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Eva McCarthy
  • Patent number: PP25953
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Sapphire’, which is capable of producing large, attractive, flavorful and firm fruit which has exceptional consumer appeal characteristics. The cultivar is characterized by its thorniness throughout the plant, as described herein, lack of fall or primocane fruiting, its strong and distinctive flavor and firmness and its very large fruit size, weight and morphology, specifically its truncated conic, very uniform, fruit shape with minimal bulginess in its basal region or on its receptacle. ‘Sapphire’ plants are very productive in regions having sufficient chilling to produce sufficient spring bud break. Its high yield, firmness, storage ability and large size make ‘Sapphire’ economical to pick mid to mid late season floricane variety for shipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Five Aces Breeding LLC
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Eva McCarthy
  • Patent number: PP27871
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of primocane and floricane fruiting black raspberry plant ‘Ohio's Treasure’. The new cultivar fruits from normal overwintered floricane buds, on primocanes, and from late spring, long, basal, floricane trusses which result in good productivity over a particularly long harvest season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Dale Stokes, Harry Jan Swartz
  • Patent number: PP28173
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Pearl’, which is capable of producing large quantities of commercial size and quality fruit in subtropical or warm temperate areas which experience little winter chilling. The cultivar is characterized by high bud break and vigorous flower truss growth from floricanes on low chilled plants which bear fruit early in the season. ‘Pearl’ fruit is light colored, truncated conic, firm, easily seen and picked and uniform; making it suitable for commercial shipping. The plant has a tendency toward trifoliolate (vs. pentafoliolate) leaves, dark red, somewhat innocuous thorns, and relatively smooth and simple leaf margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Five Aces Breeding LLC
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Eva McCarthy, Peter Edward Vinson
  • Patent number: PP28401
    Abstract: The present invention is a new and distinct primocane and floricane fruiting red raspberry cultivar named ‘Addison’, which is capable of producing high yields of medium large, dark red, flavorful and firm fruit that are easy to harvest. The cultivar is also characterized by several morphological characteristics, including, a strong tendency toward red coloration of vegetative plant parts, bracts on peduncles, a long necked receptacle, and a slight imperfection of the fruit which can produce flattened surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Five Aces Breeding LLC
    Inventors: Harry Jan Swartz, Benjamin Dale Stokes
  • Patent number: PP34612
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant ‘QBC-1’ specifically suited to the retail trade. It is reminiscent of wild strawberry, producing very sweet fruit with strong strawberry aroma and wild fruit size and plant vigor. Compared to soft fleshed wild strawberries, the new variety ‘QBC-1’ is more productive and has fruit flesh which is melting and can be stored for longer periods. The fruit has a light pink color offset with darker red achenes (seeds).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Five Aces Breeding LLC
    Inventor: Harry Jan Swartz