Patents by Inventor Herbert C. Swim
Herbert C. Swim 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).
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Patent number: PP4243Abstract: A new hybrid tea rose of the tall bush type, tender to semihardy, raised as an outdoor seedling and useful primarily for garden decoration. The most notable characteristic is the bicolor nature of the blooms which have a general color effect between orange and yellow, usually with 25 to 35 petals plus 1-5 petaloids, and a color reverse, especially on the outer petals. The color changes from reddish orange to yellowish pink as the flower matures.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1977Date of Patent: April 25, 1978Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Arnold W. Ellis
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Patent number: PP4666Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the floribunda class, being a dwarf bush seedling, much branched and of moderately vigorous growth. Flowers are borne sometimes singly, sometimes three or more in irregular clusters on short to medium-length stems. The petal color, both inside and outsie, is a bright golden yellow, fading at maturity to a lighter shade of the same color. The plant blooms profusely, with from 20 to 26 broad round petals on a plant of nearly ideal floribunda habit.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1979Date of Patent: March 10, 1981Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
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Patent number: PP4670Abstract: A new hardy variety of hybrid grandiflora rose plant, of the outdoor, bush type, having a strong citrus fragrance and blooming abundantly almost throughout the growing season. Blooms are borne sometimes singly but usually three to five on a stem, and display color effects predominantly of off-white, suffusing to yellow-green. Flowers range from 3 to 31/2 inches across, with from 25 to 30 petals, plus 0 to 5 petaloids.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 1979Date of Patent: March 17, 1981Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
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Patent number: PP4707Abstract: A new variety of hybrid tea rose, being a tender seedling of the tall bush type, well adapted for greenhouse cultivation. The plant is of upright-bushy habit, moderately branched and moderately vigorous in growth. Blooms are borne singly, and have a uniform all-over pink coloration which lightens with maturity to a pink color slightly less deep than at first opening. There is a moderate tea fragrance, with a somewhat spicy cast.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 1979Date of Patent: May 5, 1981Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Arnold W. Ellis
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Patent number: PP4723Abstract: A hybrid floribunda rose plant of the tall bush type particularly adapted for green house cultivation and having a vigorous growth habit and a tendency to bloom heavily, throughout most of the growing season. The blooms are of a two-tone deep coloration, the centers of the new blooms being of a deeper pink which accentuates their classic form. Cut flowers usually preserve their freshness for a vase life longer than average for roses of this class.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1980Date of Patent: May 26, 1981Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Arnold W. Ellis
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Patent number: PP5077Abstract: A hybrid tea rose plant having two-toned blossoms of pink with a white reverse.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1982Date of Patent: August 2, 1983Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Arnold W. Ellis
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Patent number: PP5168Abstract: A hybrid tea having blossoms of a rich apricot color, produced on strong stems.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1982Date of Patent: January 3, 1984Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
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Patent number: PP5213Abstract: A climbing rose plant originating as a sport of Ole'.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1982Date of Patent: April 3, 1984Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: George S. Haight, Herbert C. Swim
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Patent number: PP5219Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, being a tall, bushy, half-hardy outdoor seedling, particularly adapted for garden decoration. This new rose cultivar is unique and distinguishable from existing rose cultivars by the following combination of characteristics: its extremely large foliage attractively clothes the plant, covering unsightly stems; the inside of each petal is very velvety, lending an effect of iridescence to the red coloration; the deep red coloration is relatively uniform throughout the life of the flower; its flowers are very slow opening both on the plant and in the vase; and its abundant production of strong, long-stemmed flowers well lend the variety for cutting.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1982Date of Patent: April 17, 1984Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
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Patent number: PP5295Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, being a half-hardy outdoor tall bush seedling, particularly adapted for garden decoration. This new rose cultivar is unique and distinguishable from existing rose cultivars by the following combination of characteristics: its large flowers of pastel coloration are borne singly on long strong stems suitable for cutting; its abundant large deep green foliage attractively clothes a tall, well-branched bush; its large, long pointed buds open in a classic spiraled form; and its vigor and profusion of bloom provides an easy-to-grow satisfying garden plant.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1982Date of Patent: October 16, 1984Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen
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Patent number: PP5398Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the Hybrid Tea class, being a half-hardy, outdoor, tall bush seedling, particularly adapted for garden decoration and which produces large pointed buds and large, slow-opening, long-lasting blooms on long, strong cutting stems. In contrast to other yellow roses, its clear yellow coloration lasts well throughout the life of the bloom.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1983Date of Patent: January 29, 1985Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Jack E. Christensen, Herbert C. Swim
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Patent number: PP5399Abstract: A new variety of rose plant of the hybrid Floribunda class, being a hardy, tall outdoor seedling of the bush type, grown mainly for garden decoration and which displays a unique multicoloration which is basically yellow, blushing to orange and finishing red. The flowers are produced in abundance, nearly continuously and are well distributed over the tall bush.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1983Date of Patent: January 29, 1985Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Jack E. Christensen, Herbert C. Swim
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Patent number: PP5704Abstract: A new hybrid tea rose for garden decoration, having as its seed parent Angel Face (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,792) and as its pollen parent First Prize (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,774). The new cultivar produces an unusual flower color combination of tan centers surrounded by bright pink outer petals. It grows vigorously, displaying an abundance of deep green, semi-glossy foliage. Removal of old blooms to maintain a continual production of flowers during the growing season is not required as the plant is unable to set hips.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1984Date of Patent: April 1, 1986Assignee: Armstrong Nurseries, Inc.Inventors: Herbert C. Swim, Jack E. Christensen