Abstract: A new garden rose plant which has abundant, coral pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: An ivy geranium plant with blooms colored fluorescent of electric pink to magenta with areas varying of degrees of lighter pink or lavender over medium green foliage.

Abstract: A new Kalanchoe cultivar named ‘Forever Maxi Rose’ characterized by its large rose-pink colored flowers, dense inflorescence, semi-mounded growth habit and excellent lateral and basal branching.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Dark Cantata’, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescenses that are about 6.8 cm in diameter; lavender-colored ray florets; uniform flowering habit; early flowering; dark green foliage; strong flowering stems; and good postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for more than two weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kibetio’, characterized by its dark pink-colored flowers with light lavender eye; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; rounded, somewhat upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; bushy appearance; leaves that are somewhat upright in aspect; dark green and somewhat glossy; and relative resistance to Botrytis.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Amaryllis plant named ‘Sampa’, characterized by its semi-dwarf, compact growth habit; freely flowering habit with three to four scapes per bulb and typically about five to eight open flowers per scape; red purple and white-striped flowers; resistance to Red Scorch Fungus, Staganospora curtisii and Leaf Spot, Cercospora pancratii; and excellent high temperature tolerance.

Abstract: A new garden rose plant which has abundant, red flowers, a low spreading habit and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Copper Yogilroy’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading, compact and uniformly mounded plant habit; uniform flowering response; early flowering, eight-week response time; large formal decorative-type inflorescences that are about 9.9 cm in diameter; warm medium bronze-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about three or four weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A distinct cultiver of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yogisele’, characterized by its upright and uniformly rounded plant habit; dark green foliage; very freely branching habit, full and dense plants; uniform flowering response; early flowering, eight-week response time; very freely flowering habit; small daisy-type inflorescences that are about 3.6 cm in diameter; red ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about three to four weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yoko Ono’, characterized by its small yellow green pompon-type inflorescences; dark green foliage; early response time; and good post-production longevity.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kimpdel’, characterized by its rose pink-colored flowers; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; upright, spreading, rounded, uniform and compact plant habit; very freely branching growth habit; bushy appearance; dark green and somewhat glossy leaves; and relative resistance to Botrytis.

Abstract: A new garden rose plant which has abundant, semi-double white flowers that are self cleaning and are present throughout the season. The foliage is abundant, dark green, glossy and exceptionally disease resistant. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yocalcutta’, characterized by its uniform and upright plant habit; freely branching growth habit; strong stems; dark green and glossy foliage; uniform flowering response; early flowering, eight-week response time; very large decorative-type inflorescences that are about 10.9 cm in diameter; dark soft orange ray florets with yellow apices; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for at least three weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a peach tree, Prunus persica, and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a medium size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described approximately the third week in July, with first picking on Jul. 20, 2000. The fruit is uniformly large in size, very good in flavor, globose in shape, freestone in type, firm in texture, white in flesh color, and mostly red in skin color. The variety was developed as a first generation cross using Diamond Princess (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,066) yellow flesh peach as the selected seed parent and an unnamed white flesh peach as the selected pollen parent.

Abstract: A new and distinctive variety of nectarine tree denominated varietally as ‘Burnecthree’, and which is characterized as to novelty by a date of maturity for commercial harvesting and shipment of approximately July 8 to July 15, under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Barfive’, characterized by its upright plant habit; relatively fast growth rate; dark green foliage color; attractive pure white flowers with reddish purple throat; and excellent postproduction longevity.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Bee Happy’, characterized by its upright plant habit; dense and bushy plant form; vigorous growth habit; gray green-colored leaves; and purple-colored flower corollas with showy white-colored terminal flower bracts.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Jamesbrittenia plant named ‘Yagero’, that is characterized by its unique smaller leaf size, marginally lobed leaf shape, and rose-colored flowers, setting it apart from all existing commercial varieties known to the inventor.

Abstract: A new shrub rose plant which has abundant, non-fading, light pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Jamesbrittenia plant named ‘Yagepin’, characterized by unique small marginally lobed leaves and pink-colored flowers, making it a new hanging basket distinct from all other varieties known to the inventor.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Canterbury’. The variety is similar to the varieties ‘Coronada’ and ‘San Miguel’. The variety is distinguished from ‘Coronado’ and ‘San Miguel’, in particular, by its upright to globose habit, very strong plant vigor, high density, obtuse shape of the terminal leaflet base, medium to dense petiole pubescence, its inflorescence being positioned level with the leaves, very slight to slight difference in the shapes of the primary and secondary fruits, absent or very weak unevenness of surface, strong sweetness, and fine texture when tasted.

Abstract: A new Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its large scarlet flower, early flowering, and a semi-erect habit that becomes spreading as plant develops.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Floribunda rose plant is provided which very abundantly forms on a remontant basis attractive Marigold Orange blossoms that are relatively stable in coloration. Such blossoms possess no fragrance. The plant exhibits a bushy growth habit, forms very dense medium green and glossy foliage, and possesses very good disease resistance. The new variety is particularly well suited for providing colorful ornamentation in the landscape.

Abstract: A geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by green foliage, burgundy flower color, and double flowers on large umbels, fast rooting and exhibits vigorous growth.

Abstract: With the invention of establishing fabrication methods for cheaply produced (Fe,Co)—Cr—B—R-type bonded magnets or (Fe,Co)—Cr—B—R—M-type bonded magnets containing few rare earth elements having a coercive force iHc above 5 kOe and a residual magnetic flux density Br above 5.

Abstract: An image display apparatus designed so that the field angle for observation can be widened without causing the substrate of an image display device to interfere with the observer's head and without increasing the overall size of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a two-dimensional image display device (6), an optical path splitting device (4), and a concave ocular mirror (5). The image display device (6) is used as an object point of the concave ocular mirror (5), and the object point is projected in the air as an enlarged image for an observer (1) without effecting image formation in the optical path. In the image display apparatus, either or both the optical path splitting device (4) and the concave ocular mirror (5) are decentered so that the display center (7) of the two-dimensional image display device (6) can be shifted away from the observer's head with respect to a reference axis (8) which perpendicularly intersects the observer's visual axis (3) lying when he or she sees forward.

Abstract: For encoding and decoding images of the luminance and the opacity which constitute the layer images divided by the front and back relations in the direction of eyes at high efficiency, the apparatus has a deformation analyzer to take the correlation of plane expressing the luminance plane and the opacity, and extract a deformation parameter which is expressed by the affine transformation and the block movement, and a deformation synthesizer which forms a predicted image from the decoding result of the previous frame and the result of the deformation analyzer, the predicted image being composed of the luminance plane and plane, respective difference being subjected to the error coding, and the output bit stream including the affine transformation parameter, the block movement parameter, the luminance plane error code and the plane error code.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a hand-off of a call-in-progress according to the present invention is arranged such that both a first ratio of a length of time, in which a measured value of SNR is below a predetermined “threshold” to a total length of the measuring time, and a second ratio of a length of time, in which a measured value of RSSI is below a predetermined “threshold”, to a total length of the measuring time are detected and that the first ratio functions mainly when the “threshold” of RSSI is predetermined to a relatively low value; and the second ratio functions mainly when the “threshold” of RSSI is predetermined to a relatively high value, thereby optimizing the hand-off timing.

Abstract: Neurotrophic and antiproliferative compounds related to the antiepileptic drug valproate are provided. These compounds are useful for promoting neuronal function as in neurodegenerative disorders and for treating neoplastic disease.

Abstract: A counterweight attached to the back of a ballistic helmet to balance the load of a night vision goggle which night vision goggle is secured to the front edge of a ballistic helmet. The counterweight includes a back plate having fingers extending inward to engage the helmet. The fingers space the back plate apart from the surface of the helmet to define a slot with the helmet. A pair of arms are joined to the back plate and extend laterally outward from the back plate and define a recess on the inner surface of the back plate. Hooks are secured to and extend inwardly from guide surfaces on the arms. These hooks engage the rear edge of the helmet. The back plate has a recess defined in its outer surface which recess is partially in registration with the recess on the inner surface of the back plate.

Abstract: The protective athletic pad includes padding, which extends across the knee or elbow, and along front and sides of the lower leg or forearm, to further protect the user from abrasion, cuts and bruises while actively engaged in a sport or other strenuous activity. Opposing U-shaped relief openings are provided adjacent to the opposing sides of a user's knee or elbow to increase flexibility. The adjustable protective athletic pad protects the front portion of the user's knee. The athletic pad extends to the user's lower leg and shin, or to the user's lower arm, to protect against abrasion, burns or cuts resulting from falling, or sliding on the ground during strenuous athletic activity. The opposing sides of the athletic pad are adjustably secured with hook and loop fasteners to provide adjustable tension and positioning of the athletic pad.

Abstract: An accessory for protection against falls during the practice of a sport, adapted to cover two projecting parts of a limb extending from a bending zone in angularly distinct planes, especially elbow, knees, and including at least the following parts: a flexible element surrounding, at least partially, each of the two parts of the limb; a protective element formed of a rigid or semi-rigid material associated locally with the flexible element; the protective element being connected to the flexible element; and at least one tightening element for the assembly thus formed adapted to maintain it in place around the limb, wherein the tightening element is a strap surrounding one of the two parts of the limb, outside the bending zone on the latter, by being superimposed on the flexible element, whether or not via the protective element.

Abstract: A knee pad for providing fall protection of a knee is disclosed. The knee pad is a flexible single piece flat pad made of encased resilient polymeric material and is configured to have a top edge portion having a crown for protecting patella of a knee, a pair of first and second side edge portions, and a bottom edge portion. The first side edge portion has an extended flap for protecting a side of the knee. The knee pad can be reversed, front to back, for selectively protecting either medial aspect or lateral aspect of the knee. Furthermore, the knee pad can be held in position by a body tight garment without additional attachment devices. Also disclosed is a multifunctional body protection pad that can be used interchangeably for providing fall protection of a knee or a hip.