Patents Issued in March 15, 2005
  • Therapy device
    Patent number: D502996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Patex Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Andreas Guenther
  • House facade
    Patent number: D502997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Dominion Homes, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric S. Allison
  • Window component extrusion
    Patent number: D502998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Mikron Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy T. Wickland
  • Window component extrusion
    Patent number: D502999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Mikron Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy T. Wickland
  • Fence panel
    Patent number: D503000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Kroy Building Products, Inc.
    Inventor: John T. Forbis
  • Garage door panel
    Patent number: D503001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Timothy J. Link
  • Fluorescent lamp
    Patent number: D503002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Iida, Noriyuki Uchida
  • Candle topper
    Patent number: D503003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Nelson, Henry Kabat, Doreen Smith
  • Vehicle fog lamp
    Patent number: D503004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: North American Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianzhong Jiao, Toshio Tanaka, Mark Wayne Ehrhardt, Takayuki Iwaki
  • Chemiluminescent device
    Patent number: D503005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Lumica Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiko Fujita
  • Portable lantern
    Patent number: D503006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: The Brinkmann Corporation
    Inventors: Randall L. May, Gary P. Israel, Robert J. Gross
  • LED lamp and head section thereof
    Patent number: D503007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Hermann Mellert GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Duscha, Peter Rausseck
  • Sunrise solar light
    Patent number: D503008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: International Development Corporation
    Inventor: Chi Gon Chen
  • Lighting fixture hanger
    Patent number: D503009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Acuity Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Utkan Salman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D503010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Schonbek Worldwide Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Roslyn Yando, Cyrus Myers, Andrew Schonbek
  • Crystal ornament for lamp
    Patent number: D503011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Schonbek Worldwide Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Schonbek
  • Crystal ornament for lamp
    Patent number: D503012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Schonbek Worldwide Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Schonbek
  • Utility lighter
    Patent number: D503013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Da Chen
  • Cigarette pack
    Patent number: D503014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: British American Tobacco Investments, Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Bray, Alan Douglas Tearle, Steven Holford, Adrian Roy Stewart-Cox
  • Soap bar
    Patent number: D503015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Mayers
  • Hair dryer
    Patent number: D503016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Helen of Troy Limited
    Inventor: Michael Cafaro
  • Microwave-heatable hair curler
    Patent number: D503017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Vivienne J. Mackinder
  • Cosmetic container
    Patent number: D503018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Hawthorn Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Ching Shih
  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: D503019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Woodstream Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Swift, Edward J. Holliday, Christopher T. Rich
  • Hip hugging hamper
    Patent number: D503020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: HMS Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Janet M. Sofy, Craig Rogers
  • Trash can assembly
    Patent number: D503021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Simplehuman
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Joseph Sander, Myk Wayne Lum
  • Trash can
    Patent number: D503022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Ming-Hsiao Lai
  • Yoke
    Patent number: D503023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: David G. Holub
  • Security box
    Patent number: D503024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: IdeaStream Consumer Products LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Perella, Anthony DeCarlo, Vincent Thomson
  • Coin holder
    Patent number: D503025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Robert G. Taylor
  • Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Power Petite’
    Patent number: PP15649
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Spathiphyllum plant named ‘Power Petite’, characterized by its compact, symmetrical, bushy, upright and outwardly arching plant habit; relatively small stature, suitable for 10 to 15-cm containers; vigorous and freely clumping growth habit; glossy dark green leaves; early and freely flowering habit; white-colored spathes that are positioned above the foliage on strong and erect peduncles; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Oglesby Plants International, Inc.
    Inventor: Marian Wincenty Osiecki
  • Prunus Tree Rootstock named ‘Piku 4’
    Patent number: PP15650
    Abstract: A new and distinct Prunus rootstock compatible with other Prunus varieties and producing trees with reduced growth, suitable to sandy soil with high productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Bundesanstalt fur Zuchtungstorschung an Kulturpflanzen
    Inventor: Brigitte Wolfram
  • Geranium plant named ‘Free Arcred’
    Patent number: PP15651
    Abstract: A Geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by medium green foliage with light zonation, semi-double, dark red flowers with a white bi-color patterning on large umbels, fast rooting and vigorous growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Goldsmith Seeds, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell Eugene Hanes, Andreas Olbring
  • Interspecific tree ‘Sweetcot’
    Patent number: PP15652
    Abstract: The present interspecific variety is characterized by a medium size, vigorous, hardy, and productive tree that is self-unfruitful and can be pollinated by a late blooming apricot. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions description during the last week in June, with first picking on Jun. 22, 2003. The fruit if medium in size, dark purple in skin color with pubescence, clingstone in type, orange yellow in flesh color, very firm in texture, and very sweet in flavor. The variety was developed as a first generation cross using ‘Angeleno’ U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,747) plum as the seed parent by an unknown pollen source containing some degree of apricot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Lowell Glen Bradford
  • Geranium plant named ‘Cante Coras’
    Patent number: PP15653
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Cante Coras’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit with many flower umbels per plant; flower umbels with numerous coral red-colored single flowers; and resistance to leaf oedema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Goldsmith Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitchell Hanes
  • Osteospermum plant named ‘Aknai’
    Patent number: PP15654
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Aknai’, characterized by its uniformly mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; full and dense plants; freely flowering habit; dark green-colored foliage; inflorescences with white-colored ray florets; and high temperature tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Paul Ecke Ranch
    Inventor: Carl Aksel Kragh Sorensen
  • Petunia plant named ‘Jam Litbule’
    Patent number: PP15655
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Jam Litbule’, characterized by its low trailing, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; large single flowers that are violet blue in color; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Goldsmith Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitchell Hanes
  • Argyranthemum plant named ‘OHAR0132’
    Patent number: PP15656
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘OHAR0132’ characterized by its single inflorescence form with white-colored ray florets and yellow-colored disc florets, freely branching character, medium green-colored foliage and upright growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Oasis Horticulture Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrew Bernuetz
  • Miniature rose plant named ‘PACsix’
    Patent number: PP15657
    Abstract: A new miniature rose plant which has abundant, pink 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: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Dan Jauchen
  • Verbascum plant named ‘Pink Petticoats’
    Patent number: PP15658
    Abstract: Verbascum ‘Pink Petticoats’ is a new and distinct cultivar of Mullein plant with large shell pink flowers tightly clustered on racemes to 120 cm tall and effective as cut flower or for six weeks as a landscape or potted plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Rodney Richards
  • Peach tree named “P.F. 24-C cold hardy”
    Patent number: PP15659
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach, Prunus persica, tree having the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Producing a bud that is particularly winter and spring cold hardy. 2. The limbs of the tree naturally 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: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Jan Friday
  • Peach tree named “P.F. 36- 007”
    Patent number: PP15660
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach, Prunus persica, tree having the following unique combination of desirable features: 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: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Jan Friday
  • Nectarine tree named ‘P.F. 11 Nectarine’
    Patent number: PP15661
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of nectarine, 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 nectarine variety that matures after ‘Redhaven’ (unpatented) and which has good storage and shelf life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Jan Friday
  • Florabunda rose named ‘Hadbal’
    Patent number: PP15662
    Abstract: A new and distinct rose cultivar of the Florabunda class characterized by: having stems without prickles; white stripes lightly scattered on pink flowers; clusters of three to six flowers; very rapid rebloom cycle; upright bushy plants of medium height; being well covered with medium green matte foliage; with excellent resistance to powdery and downy mildew, rust and blackspot. The generic name of this plant is designated as ‘Hadbal’. It is being marketed under the commercial name of ‘Smooth Ballerina’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Harvey Daniel Davidson
  • Hop plant named ‘YCR Accession No. 4’
    Patent number: PP15663
    Abstract: A new hop plant (Humulus lupulus) is disclosed. The new variety is used for its aromatic properties. The new variety is moderately tolerant to powdery mildew, and produces a medium size moderately compact cone with good pickability and storageability. The cones mature relatively late, and produce an exceptional yield of approximately 2200 to 3000 pounds per acre (2466 to 3363 kg/ha).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Select Botanicals Group, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Charles E. Zimmermann
  • Variety of calla lily named ‘Swan Lake’
    Patent number: PP15664
    Abstract: ‘Swan Lake’ is a new variety of calla lily having beautiful white flowers and strong branching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: W & J Gravatt
    Inventors: Trevor Brljevich, Yvonne Brljevich
  • Variety of Pelargonium plant named ‘Paceyes’
    Patent number: PP15665
    Abstract: A new and distinct flowering Pelargonium plant with abundant purple colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Elsner pac Jungpflanzen Dresden
    Inventor: Klaus Olbricht
  • Calibrachoa plant named ‘Kakegawa S70’
    Patent number: PP15666
    Abstract: ‘Kakegawa S70’ is a new variety of Calibrachoa plant. This new variety has yellow petal lobes and dark green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Bessho, Toshimi Ohga
  • Hybrid Tea rose plant named ‘Hadmoo’
    Patent number: PP15667
    Abstract: A new and distinct rose cultivar of the Hybrid Tea class characterized by: having stems without prickles; large lavender flowers; flowers borne one to the stem; intense old damask fragrance; rapid repeat bloom; upright bushy plants of medium height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Harvey Daniel Davidson
  • Antirrhinum plant named ‘Sant217A’
    Patent number: PP15668
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Antirrhinum plant named ‘Sant217A’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, trailing and low mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy growth habit; freely flowering habit; and flowers that are light purple and pale yellow in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Paul Ecke Ranch
    Inventor: Diony de Bont