Patents Issued in January 8, 2002
  • Respiratory filter
    Patent number: D452911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Pharma Systems PS AB
    Inventor: Curt Danielsson
  • Compact storage shed
    Patent number: D452912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Harout Ohanesian
  • Stand alone garage
    Patent number: D452913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Harout Ohanesian
  • Injection molded arbor
    Patent number: D452914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Plastics Research Corporation
    Inventors: Carl I. Schwartz, Christopher J. Waites, Marcee N. Milletics, Richard C. Kruyer, David J. Stob
  • Semi-octopost extrusion
    Patent number: D452915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Kieffer & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen George Kieffer
  • Sill frame extrusion
    Patent number: D452916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Royal Group Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Ronald Fredrick Edger
  • Roofing shingle
    Patent number: D452917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Building Materials Corporation of America
    Inventors: Alfredo A. Bondoc, William R. Carroll, Frederick W. Sieling
  • Roof ridge cover for a storage shed
    Patent number: D452918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Harout Ohanesian
  • Corrugated roof panel for a storage shed
    Patent number: D452919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Harout Ohanesian
  • Roof tile
    Patent number: D452920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Boral Lifetile, Inc.
    Inventors: Alfonso V. Alvarez, Woods W. Burnett, Eric Martin Hahn, Walter Arthur Schreifels, Joseph Edward Smith, Patrick Gene Sullivan
  • String lamp
    Patent number: D452921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Chih-Chen Chang
  • Fog lamp for automobile
    Patent number: D452922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Precision & Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Sun Ho Kim
  • Fog lamp for automobile
    Patent number: D452923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Precision & Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Sun Ho Kim
  • Rear combination lamp for automobile
    Patent number: D452924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Precision & Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Sun Ho Kim
  • Surface configuration of a headlight for a vehicle
    Patent number: D452925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Papke, Uwe Roith, Pieter Ketele
  • Lightstick
    Patent number: D452926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Li-Fu Wu
  • Ornamental table lamp
    Patent number: D452927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Jerry Strickland
  • Solar powered lamp
    Patent number: D452928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Goldmaster Development Limited
    Inventor: Yuen-Ming Lam
  • Smoking station
    Patent number: D452929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Perelli
  • Lighter
    Patent number: D452930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Arun Sinha, Wendy Marin, Brendan Anderson, Jan Jones, Chuck Krausie, Phil Hill, Charles T. Higgins, William James Crowe, Takahide Takeda
  • Lighter
    Patent number: D452931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Flamagas, S.A.
    Inventor: Xavier Lloveras Capilla
  • Piezoelectric lighter
    Patent number: D452932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Ming Wide Lighter Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming King Wong
  • Detergent tablet
    Patent number: D452933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Gisela Friesenhahn
  • Precision tweezers
    Patent number: D452934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Ideal-Tek S.A.
    Inventor: Franco Grisoni
  • Precision tweezers
    Patent number: D452935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Ideal-Tek S.A.
    Inventor: Franco Grisoni
  • Precision tweezers
    Patent number: D452936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Ideal-Tek S.A.
    Inventor: Franco Grisoni
  • Precision tweezers
    Patent number: D452937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Ideal-Tek S.A.
    Inventor: Franco Grisoni
  • Combined cosmetic box and circle cigarette case
    Patent number: D452938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Chao Ling Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Chun Lai
  • Combined cosmetic box and cigarette case
    Patent number: D452939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Chao Ling Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Chun Lai
  • Safety helmet
    Patent number: D452940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Chang-Hsien Ho
  • Safety helmet
    Patent number: D452941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Chang-Hsien Ho
  • Safety helmet
    Patent number: D452942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Chang-Hsien Ho
  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: D452943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Orlando R. Gallegos
  • Holder unit for a blade disposal apparatus
    Patent number: D452944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.
    Inventor: G. Gerry Schmidt
  • Urn
    Patent number: D452945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Passages International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilberto A. Albuquerque, Susan M. Hessler, Jennifer Lynn Fredritz, Tim Rivera, Christopher D. Crouch
  • Double impatiens plant named ‘Cameo Salmon Chiffon’
    Patent number: PP12332
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Double Impatiens plant named ‘Cameo Salmon Chiffon’, characterized by its large light and dark pink bi-colored flowers; fully double flower form; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above the foliage; compact, mounded, spreading, densely foliated, and freely branching plant habit; rapid growth rate; and large rounded dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Oglevee Ltd.
    Inventor: Xenia Cascante
  • Pulmonaria plant named ‘Dark Vader’
    Patent number: PP12333
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Pulmonaria plant characterized by a unique combination of dark, thick leaves with good silver spotting and compact habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan M. Heims
  • Kalanchoe plant named ‘Forever Maxi White’
    Patent number: PP12334
    Abstract: A new Kalanchoe cultivar named ‘Forever Maxi White’ characterized by its white colored flowers, tall and semi-mounded growth habit and excellent basal branching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Oglevee, Ltd.
    Inventor: Lyndon W. Drewlow
  • Tiarella plant named ‘Crow Feather’
    Patent number: PP12335
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Tiarella plant characterized by a unique combination of leaf shape and markings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan M. Heims
  • Pulmonaria plant named ‘May Bouquet’
    Patent number: PP12336
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Pulmonaria plant characterized by silver-spotted foliage and large red-purple flowers to nearly 2 cm wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan M. Heims
  • Pulmonaria plant named ‘High Contrast’
    Patent number: PP12337
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Pulmonaria plant characterized by a unique combination of silver leaves with a dark green margin, sporadic green blotches in the silver, and irregularly ruffled leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan M. Heims
  • Double Impatiens plant named ‘Cameo Lavender’
    Patent number: PP12338
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Double Impatiens plant named ‘Cameo Lavender’, characterized by its large light purple-colored flowers; fully double flower form; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above the foliage; compact, mounded, spreading, densely foliated, and freely branching plant habit; rapid growth rate; and large rounded dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Oglevee Ltd.
    Inventor: Xenia Cascante
  • Pulmonaria plant named ‘Emerald Isles’
    Patent number: PP12339
    Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Pulmonaria plant characterized by a unique combination of emerald green spots and pink flowers turning to blue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan M. Heims
  • Impatiens plant named ‘TiTag’
    Patent number: PP12340
    Abstract: A new an distinct cultivar of Impatiens walleriana plant as illustrated named ‘TiTag’, characterized by moderately strong peduncles and pedicels, large flowers, fully double and symmetrical, very bright orange colored flowers, strong stems, flowers that are positioned above or beyond the foliage, good heat tolerance, dark green foliage and mounded, freely branching and dense plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventors: Harlan B. Cosner, Susan L. Cosner
  • Euonymus plant named ‘Sunrise’
    Patent number: PP12341
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Euonymus fortunei is provided. The variety forms attractive variegated leaves that are green towards the center and are irregularly bordered with bright golden yellow coloration. Such coloration commonly is retained even if the plants are grown in partial shade. The growth habit is broadly pyramidal. Superior Anthracnose disease resistance is exhibited. The new variety is well suited for growing as a bright ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: CP (Delaware), Inc.
    Inventor: Erik Saeys
  • Taro cultivar named ‘Pauakea’
    Patent number: PP12342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Colocasia esculenta (popularly known as taro) named ‘Pauakea’. ‘Pauakea’ differs distinctively from other taro plants by its unique combination of resistance to taro leaf blight caused by Phytophthora colocasiae, resistance to root rot caused by Pythium spp., vigorous growth, large mother corm size, and white corm of very good flour quality and good eating quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: University of Hawaii
    Inventor: Eduardo E. Trujillo
  • Kniphofia uvaria plant named ‘Candle Light’
    Patent number: PP12343
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Kniphofia plant named ‘Candle Light’, characterized by its unique blooming period, bloom color, bloom form, and compact growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Richard Gregg Saul
  • New Guinea impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Candy Cane’
    Patent number: PP12344
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Candy Cane’, characterized by its light pink and red bi-colored flowers; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; upright, somewhat outwardly spreading, rounded, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Pides Goldstock Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Anita Jorna
  • New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Ovation Hot Lava’
    Patent number: PP12345
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Ovation Hot Lava, characterized by its red-orange flower color, deep green leaves, early flowering, long-lasting flowering, self-branching and vigorous habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Waller Genetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Jagan N. Sharma
  • New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Ovation Salmon Pink Swirls’
    Patent number: PP12346
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named Ovation Salmon Pink Swirls, characterized by its salmon-pink flower color, large flower diameter, deep green leaves, continuous and long-lasting flowering, self-branching, and vigorous habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Oglevee Limited
    Inventor: Lyndon W. Drewlow