Patents by Inventor Marc R. Laviana

Marc R. Laviana 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).

  • Carex plant named ICE BALLET
    Publication number: 20090106871
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex morrowii, ‘Ice Ballet’, characterized by its variegated foliage with creamy white margins and green centers with wider margins than is typical for other variegated cultivars of Carex morrowii, a clumping forming but slowly spreading habit with suitable use as a groundcover, a vigorous growth rate, and hardiness in at least U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Hosta plant named ‘Grand marquee’
    Patent number: PP15961
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Hosta, ‘Grand Marquee’, characterized by its unique variegated foliage with wide blue-green margins and creamy white centers, its upright, mounding and relatively compact plant habit, and pale lavender flowers positioned above the foliage on strong and erect flower scapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Coreopsis plant named ‘Heaven's Gate’
    Patent number: PP16016
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Coreopsis rosea ‘Heaven's Gate’ characterized by an unique inflorescence coloration of purple ray florets ranging from bi-colors with a basal region that is deep purple and the more distal regions a lighter purple to deep purple throughout the floret with no bi-color effect exhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Tricyrtis plant named ‘Raspberry Mousse’
    Patent number: PP16257
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Tricyrtis hirta ‘Raspberry Mousse’ characterized by its red flowers that are spotted and marked with deep purple and borne in a thick column on arching stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Hosta plant named ‘Time Tunnel’
    Patent number: PP16435
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hosta sieboldiana, ‘Time Tunnel’, characterized by its variegated foliage of green centers and wide margins that emerge chartreuse, change to a bright gold, and mature to a creamy gold color. The margins of the foliage of ‘Time Tunnel’ are much wider than its parent plant, ‘Frances Williams’, comprising about 50% of the leaf area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Polemonium plant named ‘Touch of Class’
    Patent number: PP19768
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Polemonium plant, ‘Touch of Class’, characterized by its mound of white and green variegated leaves and its abundance of light violet flowers emerging in late spring to early summer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • Carex plant named ‘Ice Ballet’
    Patent number: PP20228
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex morrowii, ‘Ice Ballet’, characterized by its variegated foliage with creamy white margins and green centers with wider margins than is typical for other variegated cultivars of Carex morrowii, a clumping forming but slowly spreading habit with suitable use as a groundcover, a vigorous growth rate, and hardiness in at least U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Red Knee High’
    Patent number: PP20411
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘Red Knee High’, characterized by its compact and dwarf growth habit, its sturdy stems, its inflorescences with ray florets that emerge bright red-purple surrounding golden yellow cones and fade to pink as they mature, its continuous bloom from mid summer through fall, its ease of propagation, its vigorous growth habit, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 3 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Sienna Sunset’
    Patent number: PP20470
    Abstract: A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Sienna Sunset’ characterized it's large, abundant apricot colored inflorescences, its long blooming habit, its vigorous growth habit, its densely branched plant habit, its relative resistance to powdery mildew and hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Thunder and Lightning’
    Patent number: PP21437
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Knautia ‘Thunder and Lightning’ characterized by variegated foliage with green centers and white margins, its short stature, its long blooming period and its bright red-purple inflorescences that are subtended by variegated involucral bracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Ice Cream’
    Patent number: PP21463
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Carex oshimensis, ‘Ice Cream’, characterized by its variegated foliage with wide, dark green margins and creamy white centers, its relatively vigorous growth habit and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana
  • plant named ‘Pink Lightning’
    Patent number: PP22255
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Ajuga plant, ‘Pink Lightning’, characterized by its variegated foliage that is with gray-green centers and creamy white in color, its leaves that are rugose with wavy edges, its racemes of pink flowers with variegated bracts and its tight plant habit that slowly spreads by stolons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sunny Border Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc R. Laviana