Patents by Inventor Kevin A. Hurd
Kevin A. Hurd 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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Publication number: 20180160608Abstract: The new and distinct threadleaf coreopsis plant, Coreopsis verticillata plant named ‘Zesty Zinger’, with linear, foliage of bright-green, numerous flowers with ray petals with ray petals dark magenta lightening to ivory tips, blooming over a prolonged season from mid-summer until early fall. The new plant is useful as a specimen landscape plant, mass planting, container plant and cut flower.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: 9959122Abstract: A method includes allocating a first single-cycle instruction to a first pipeline that picks single-cycle instructions for execution in program order. The method further includes marking at least one source register of the first single-cycle instruction as ready for execution in the first pipeline in response to all older single-cycle instructions allocated to the first pipeline being ready and eligible to be picked for execution. An apparatus includes a decoder to decode a first single-cycle instruction and to allocate the first single-cycle instruction to a first pipeline. The apparatus further includes a scheduler to pick single-cycle instructions for execution by the first pipeline in program order and to mark at least one source register of the first single-cycle instruction as ready for execution in the first pipeline in response to determining that all older single-cycle instructions allocated to the first pipeline are ready and eligible.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Estlick, Jay E. Fleischman, Kevin A. Hurd, Mark M. Gibson, Kelvin D. Goveas, Brian M. Lay
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Publication number: 20170332538Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Miscanthus sinensis plant named ‘Encore’ useful in the landscape en masse, small group or single specimen with dense upright culms and arching foliage having dark green color and near-white midribs. The flower habit is open and at varying heights creating a rounded dome outline beginning in early fall with repeat flush about two to three weeks later, and effective through the winter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Publication number: 20170265350Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental, hardy, Russian Sage plant, Perovskia ‘Denim 'n Lace’ with short, tight compact, upright habit of strong erect stems, long flowering season of large, densely-arranged, lavender-blue flowers on short branched stems. Foliage is silvery-green, highly-dissected, pinnately-compound with serrated margins and is retained well and keeps its color throughout the growing season.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventor: Kevin A. Hurd
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Publication number: 20170265369Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental cultivar of ornamental bee balm plant named Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Lavender’ has short, compact, branching stems and tight clumping habit, medium to dark green, powdery mildew resistant foliage, numerous light lavender-pink flowers with excellent coverage and foliage highly resistance to powdery mildew.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Publication number: 20170265370Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental cultivar of bee balm plant named Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Cerise’ has short, compact, basally branching stems, medium to dark green foliage with slight tinting of greyed purple, numerous large cerise-colored flowers creating excellent flower coverage and strong foliar resistance to powdery mildew.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: 9733941Abstract: In response to determining an operation is a dependent operation, a mapper of a processor determines the source registers of the operation from which the dependent operation depends. The mapper translates the dependent operation to a new operation that uses as its source operands at least one of the determined source registers and a source register of the dependent operation. The new operation is independent of other pending operations and therefore can be executed without waiting for execution of other operations, thus reducing execution latency.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventor: Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP27428Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of hybrid ornamental spiked speedwell plant Veronica ‘Very Van Gogh’ with compact habit with upright habit and stiff, upright, heavily-branched spikes producing radiant rosy purple flowers over a long period and suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Walters Gardens, IncInventor: Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP27433Abstract: A new and distinct plant cultivar of little bluestem plant, Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Smoke Signal’ has a columnar, upright habit that resists lodging or arching. The foliage develops scarlet-red tones in late summer and becomes deep red-purple by early fall. The flowers remain effective with reddish-brown coloration into winter.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP27526Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental, hardy, Russian Sage, Perovskia ‘Rocketman’ with short compact habit of strong erect stems, extended flowering season of large, densely-arranged, lavender-blue flowers and silvery green serrate foliage.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventor: Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP27632Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of hybrid ornamental spiked speedwell plant Veronica ‘White Wands’ with compact habit with upright habit and stiff, upright, heavily-branched spikes producing numerous, self-cleaning, white flowers over a long period without vernalization and suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventor: Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP27878Abstract: Buddleia ‘Crown Jewels’ is a short, mounded, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy butterfly bush with long, compact, flowering thyrse over a long season beginning mid-summer with sweetly-fragrant red-purple flowers that are attractively offset by chartreuse to bright yellow foliage.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Walters Gardens IncInventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP28445Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental, hardy, Russian Sage plant, Perovskia ‘Denim 'n Lace’ with short, tight compact, upright habit of strong erect stems, long flowering season of large, densely-arranged, lavender-blue flowers on short branched stems. Foliage is silvery-green, highly-dissected, pinnately-compound with serrated margins and is retained well and keeps its color throughout the growing season.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventor: Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP28770Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental bee balm plant named Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Lavender’ has short, compact, branching stems and tight clumping habit, medium to dark green, numerous light lavender-pink flowers with excellent coverage and foliage highly resistant to powdery mildew.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Walters Gardens, IncInventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP29070Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Miscanthus sinensis plant named ‘Encore’ useful in the landscape en masse, small group or single specimen with dense upright culms and arching foliage having dark green color and near-white midribs. The flower habit is open and at varying heights creating a rounded dome outline beginning in early fall with repeat flush about two to three weeks later, and effective through the winter.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP29142Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental grass named Panicum virgatum ‘Apache Rose’ with gray-green foliage that develops rosy-red flushed tips in the fall, upright and compact habit with dense culms and airy panicles of rosy-red, suitable as a potted plant, for multi-seasonal interest mass or specimen landscaping, and for cut flower arrangements.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Walters Gardens IncInventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP29200Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental, winter-hardy, blue fescue plant, Festuca glauca ‘Blue Whiskers’, with highly-vigorous, clumps of tight, full, rounded habit of strong stems and foliage, consistent flower coverage, intensely silver-blue, linear, evergreen foliage retained throughout the year, upright habit of strong erect stems, long flowering season of large, densely-arranged, lavender-blue flowers on short branched stems.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: Walters Gardens IncInventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP29234Abstract: The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental bee balm plant named Monarda didyma ‘Pardon My Cerise’ has short, compact, basally branching stems, medium to dark green foliage with slight tinting of greyed purple, numerous large cerise-colored flowers creating excellent flower coverage and strong foliar resistance to powdery mildew.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Walters Gardens IncInventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP29921Abstract: The new and distinct threadleaf coreopsis plant, Coreopsis verticillata plant named ‘Zesty Zinger’, with linear, foliage of bright-green, numerous flowers with ray petals with ray petals dark magenta lightening to ivory tips, blooming over a prolonged season from mid-summer until early fall. The new plant is useful as a specimen landscape plant, mass planting, container plant and cut flower.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Walters Gardes IncInventors: Hans A. Hansen, Kevin A. Hurd
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Patent number: PP32313Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Oleander plant named ‘ATXNOKHP’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright to somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; dark red purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.Inventor: Kevin A. Hurd