Patents by Inventor Lloyd R. Traven

Lloyd R. Traven 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).

  • Patent number: PP24193
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Lavandula plant named ‘Niko’ that is characterized by flower spikes with purple flowers, a round shape with a compact habit, foliage that does not dieback in the center of the plant, a long period of field production and strong resistance to both Summer and Winter pythium species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Inventor: Lloyd R. Traven
  • Patent number: PP31786
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Lavandula x intermedia plant named ‘Tesseract’ that is characterized by its foliage that is very broad and bright silver with a very thick substance, its very compact and strongly upright plant habit, its flowering stems that are strong and held upright and straight making it ideal for fresh or dry cut flowers, its large flowers on very densely flowered flower spikes, its flower petals that are a bright and deeply saturated purple color, its flower stems that are very thick and branched resulting in rebloom for a longer blooming season, its tolerance to leaf spotting and root disease, and its strong, pleasant lavender fragrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: B&S PLANTS, LLC
    Inventors: Lloyd R. Traven, Richard Grazzini
  • Patent number: PP32537
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ficus carica plant named ‘PT-DF-14’ that is characterized by its compact, very dwarf, and semi-upright and mounded plant habit, its prolific production of fruit that is present at all branch nodes, its fruit production that commencing very early; as soon as dormancy breaks, and continues to produce fruit until dormancy or year around if plants do not go dormant, and its good performance as a container plant due to its size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: B&S PLANTS, LLC
    Inventor: Lloyd R. Traven