Patents Issued in December 16, 2003
  • Patent number: D483896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Dong Guan Bright Yin Huey Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kevin Hsu
  • Patent number: D483897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Dong Guan Bright Yin Huey Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kevin Hsu
  • Patent number: D483898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Mason E. Murphy
  • Patent number: D483899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Shing Jy Shyu
  • Patent number: D483900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Sky City International Limited
    Inventor: Man Kuen Lam
  • Patent number: D483901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Patrick S. Dolan
  • Patent number: D483902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Imexco, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas C. Peters
  • Patent number: D483903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Lumenworks Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Skradski, Gary L. Cross
  • Patent number: D483904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Lumenworks Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Skradski, Gary L. Cross
  • Patent number: D483905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Theodore Berounsky
  • Patent number: D483906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hubbardton Forge
    Inventor: George B. Chandler
  • Patent number: D483907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hubbardton Forge
    Inventor: George B. Chandler
  • Patent number: D483908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Xinhua Huang
  • Patent number: D483909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Giuseppe Todeschini
  • Patent number: D483910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas G. O'Brien, II
  • Patent number: D483911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: L&N Sales and Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Prince, Tong J. Kim, Sona N. Patadia
  • Patent number: D483912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: L&N Sales and Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Prince, Tong J. Kim, Sona N. Patadia
  • Patent number: D483913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hawthorn Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Ching Shih
  • Patent number: D483914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Carolyn L. Slone, Scott A. Dallmeyer
  • Patent number: D483915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Campbell, Robert E. Lee, Susan E. Wrenn, Ashok H. Solanky
  • Patent number: D483916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Anthony Crosswaite
  • Patent number: D483917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Dale A. Frantz
  • Patent number: D483918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Jeng-Ren Yeh
  • Patent number: D483919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Tsong-Yow Lin
  • Patent number: D483920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventors: Shahzad Saeed Ahsan, Sadaf Raoof Ahsan, Aziz Mohammad Ahsan
  • Patent number: PP14365
    Abstract: A new miniature rose plant which has abundant, orange-red colored flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year round production in commercial glass houses as a flowering pot plant. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Svend Jensen
  • Patent number: PP14366
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Andona’, characterized by its rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; duplex-type inflorescences; yellow-colored ray florets and darker yellow-colored disc florets; natural season flowering in late September in the Northern Hemisphere; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Joseph & Luc Pieters BVBA
    Inventor: Luc Remi Johan Pieters
  • Patent number: PP14367
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach, Prunus persica, tree having the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Producing a very firm fruit that can best be described as “crunchy” when bitten into when firm ripe. 2. The limbs of the tree natura1ly grow at wide angles creating a wide-spreading tree. 3. A fruit with a smooth raised suture that remains firm as does the whole fruit. 4. A late maturing, highly colored, peach cultivar that matures a few days before the old standard variety, ‘Cresthaven’ (unpatented), and which hangs on the tree for many days, staying extremely firm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Paul J. Friday
    Inventor: Paul Jan Friday
  • Patent number: PP14368
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach Prunus persica, tree having the following unique combination of desirable featres: 1. The new and distinct variety of peach tree is of average height and of upright growth and a regular and productive bearer of peaches. 2. Producing a very firm fruit having a resilient flesh texture. 3. Blossoms are non-showy when in full bloom. 4. A substantially oval spherical fruit with skin of dark red color overlying a yellow which covers approximately fifteen percent (15%) of its surface at maturity. 5. Late maturing fruit of good taste. 6. A late maturing fruit of good storage and shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Paul Jan Friday
  • Patent number: PP14369
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach. Prunus persica, tree having the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Producing a very firm fruit having a resilient flesh texture. 2. Blossoms are non-showy when in full bloom. 3. A substantially spherical fruit with yellow flesh having red mottling. 4. A mid-season peach variety that matures after ‘Redhaven’ (unpatented) and which has good storage and shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Paul Jan Friday
  • Patent number: PP14370
    Abstract: A new and distinct Buddleia plant named ‘Monrell’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; green and pale yellow variegated foliage; freely branching and freely flowering habit; and light purple-colored flowers arranged on cone-shaped panicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Monrovia Nursery Company
    Inventors: Susan Turrell, Philip Turrell
  • Patent number: PP14371
    Abstract: A new and distinct Thunbergia plant named ‘Lemon Star’, characterized by its bright yellow flowers, dark green leaves, good basal branching character and climbing, spreading growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Unger Breeding
    Inventor: Michael H. Unger
  • Patent number: PP14372
    Abstract: A new and distinct Jamesbrittenia plant named “Balbreupit”, characterized by its white flowers, upright growth habit, and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Patent number: PP14373
    Abstract: A new and distinct Jamesbrittenia plant named ‘Balbrengo’, characterized by its deep lavender colored flowers, spreading, trailing habit, and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Patent number: PP14374
    Abstract: A new and distinct Jamesbrittenia plant named ‘Balbrelav’, characterized by its lavender flowers, spreading, trailing habit, and leaves of a medium green color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Patent number: PP14375
    Abstract: A variety of crabapple which combines purple foliage color, deeply lobed ornamental vigorous growth leaves, bright reddish flowers, excellent form and foliage density, and excellent resistance to the diseases fireblight and scab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: J. Frank & Schmidt & Co.
    Inventor: Keith S. Warren
  • Patent number: PP14376
    Abstract: Groundcover rose plant having disease resistance, a compact plant habit and good for pot planting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, Inc.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Takeuchi
  • Patent number: PP14377
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus named ‘Devon Siskin’ that is characterized by fragrant red-purple flowers with a distinctive pattern, a compact mounding habit and a long flowering season. In combination the traits set ‘Devon Siskin’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dianthus known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: John Whetman
  • Patent number: PP14378
    Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘VENUS’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with purple ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 26-31; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Noodelijk
  • Patent number: PP14379
    Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Mithra’ characterized by its small sized blooms with dark red ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 26-31; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Noodelijk
  • Patent number: PP14380
    Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Feniks’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with yellow ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date September 2-8; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Noodelijk
  • Patent number: PP14381
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Weigela plant named ‘Dark Horse’ that is characterized by a compact habit, dark purple leaves and pink flowers that contrast with the dark foliage. In combination these traits set ‘Dark Horse’ apart from all other existing varieties of Weigela known to the inventor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Peter Robert Moore
  • Patent number: PP14382
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant cultivar is disclosed, characterized by a decorative-type inflorescence, consistent flowering response to short days, blooming consistently after 42 days of short day length, free branching habit, dark orange ray florets at first opening, with outer ray florets fading to a lighter orange and the center remaining dark at maturity and all ray florets changing to lighter orange with fading, a very uniform round growth habit, and a large quantity of blooms per flowering branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Pieters Plant Production, BVBA
    Inventor: Dirk Pieters
  • Patent number: PP14383
    Abstract: A Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Grant’ characterized by its large sized blooms with white ray-florets and yellow-green disc florets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Noodelijk
  • Patent number: PP14384
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach, Prunus persica, tree having the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Producing a very firm fruit that can best be described as “crunchy” when bitten into when firm ripe. 2. The limbs of the tree naturally grow at wide angles creating a wide-spreading tree. 3. A substantially spherical fruit with yellow flesh having red around the pit. 4. A mid-season peach variety that matures after ‘Redhaven’ (unpatented) and which hangs on the tree for many days staying extremely firm. 5. A peach variety that has excellent storage and shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Paul Jan Friday
  • Patent number: PP14385
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Petunia plant having a semi-erect habit is provided. The new Petunia plant has abundant branching particularly with respect to the secondary branching and a great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are very small with light yellowish pink petals that are formed in profusion in a spike. The blooming period commonly is from May to September. The plant exhibits high resistance to cold, rain, heat drought, and diseases, such as Powdery Mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Murakami
  • Patent number: PP14386
    Abstract: A new and distinct Dahlia plant named ‘Balnovrese’, characterized by its yellow inflorescences with red accents and vigorous upright mounded growth habit is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Neil Anderson
  • Patent number: PP14387
    Abstract: A new and distinct Dahlia plant named ‘Balnovost’, characterized by its semi-double lavender and white bicolor ray florets, upright mounded form and moderately vigorous growth habit, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Neil Anderson
  • Patent number: PP14388
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Raphiolepis indica found as an openly pollinated seedling of Raphiolepis indica ‘Snow White’. The new variety is unique with its dense, mounding growth habit, moderate to fast growth rate, and attractive single to semi-double pink flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Plant Development Services, Inc.
    Inventor: James Bryan Berry
  • Patent number: PP14389
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia rex plant, named ‘Star of David’, characterized by its juvenile flowers being a mutation with large, forty-flower clusters, resistance to disease, insects, and dampness, improved resistance to cold, and possessing a year-round duration of the flowering season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: David W. Snyder