Patents by Inventor Ron Van Opstal

Ron Van Opstal 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).

  • Leucothoe plant named ‘CURLY RED’
    Patent number: PP17666
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Leucothoe named ‘CURLY RED’ that is characterized by curled growth of the foliage which in its spring season of new growth exhibits burgundy red coloration which turns purple in summer and turns dark green as the plant matures. This trait sets ‘CURLY RED’ apart from all other existing varieties of Leucothoe known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: Ron Van Opstal
  • plant named ‘OPSTAL40’
    Patent number: PP25193
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Abelia×grandiflora named ‘Opstal40’ that is characterized by its foliage that is irregularly variegated in spring and early summer with green centers and yellow margins and becoming suffused with orange and then red in mid summer through fall, its numerous blooms that open pinkish white in color and mature to white with red sepals, and its upright and broadly spreading plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ron van opstal holding B.V.
    Inventor: Ron van Opstal
  • plant named ‘Opstal 50’
    Patent number: PP27132
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Leucothoe, ‘Opstal 50’, that is characterized by its compact, upright, shrubby plant habit with short internodes, its fine, narrow leaves, and its immature shoots (stems, leaves, and petioles) that are red in color that mature to a green color in summer and turn purple in fall through winter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventor: Ron van Opstal
  • plant named ‘OPSTAL102’
    Patent number: PP28472
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Abelia×grandiflora named ‘OPSTAL102’ that is characterized by its foliage that is irregularly variegated with olive green centers and margins that orange-red to red margins on new growth and mature to green margins with white margins, its numerous blooms that are white in color, and its broadly spreading and densely branched plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: RON VAN OPSTAL HOLDING BV
    Inventor: Ron van Opstal