Patents by Inventor Johan van Niekerk

Johan van Niekerk 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).

  • plant named ‘Magic Summer’
    Patent number: PP20359
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe, ‘Magic Summer’, characterized by its compact growth habit, its small sized, variegated foliage with green-gray centers and white margins that is suffused with purple in cool temperatures in spring, and its free flowering habit with racemes of lavender flowers for 6 to 8 weeks in mid summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Rolini BV (I.O.)
    Inventor: Johan van Niekerk
  • plant named ‘Frozen Flame’
    Patent number: PP20376
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe, ‘Frozen Flame’, characterized by its vigorous growth habit, its narrow, variegated foliage with green-gray centers and white margins that is suffused with purple in cool temperatures in spring, and its free flowering habit with racemes of lavender flowers for 6 to 8 weeks in mid summer into autumn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Rolini BV (I.O.)
    Inventor: Johan van Niekerk
  • plant named ‘Wild Romance’
    Patent number: PP22745
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hebe, ‘Wild Romance’, characterized by its exhibits foliage that is dark red in spring, its leaves that are long in length and elliptic in shape, its open plant habit, and its vigorous growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Johan Van Niekerk