Patents Issued in March 22, 2005
  • Patent number: D503226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Saul LeGarcia Rodolfo, Thomas Charles Gilbert
  • Patent number: D503227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: CertainTeed Corporation
    Inventors: Saul LeGarcia Rodolfo, Thomas Charles Gilbert
  • Patent number: D503228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Frank Blateri
  • Patent number: D503229
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Davis, Mark V. Johnson, Triet M. Lu, Matthew T. Scholz
  • Patent number: D503230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeanie Christianson, Bernd Amstadt
  • Patent number: D503231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Jason M. Daugherty
  • Patent number: D503232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Vascular Dynamics
    Inventors: Herbert J. Semler, Philip David Benz
  • Patent number: D503233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Reliance Medical Products, Ltd.
    Inventor: Neil Smith
  • Patent number: D503234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Cheung, Zdzislaw Ziolkowski
  • Patent number: D503235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: MBF Sales, LLC
    Inventor: James L. Goble
  • Patent number: D503236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Amarr Company
    Inventor: Loren D. Mock
  • Patent number: D503237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Carla Marie Boyert
  • Patent number: D503238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: David M. Allen
  • Patent number: D503239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: D503240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventors: Herbert C. Weiland, Jeffrey T. Champ
  • Patent number: D503241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Boyd Lighting Fixture Company
    Inventor: Doyle Crosby
  • Patent number: D503242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Joseph G. Angeletta
  • Patent number: D503243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Joseph G. Angeletta
  • Patent number: D503244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jason Craig Campbell, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Lia Marie Braaten
  • Patent number: D503245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Brivaplast S.R.L.
    Inventor: Stefano Vanoncini
  • Patent number: D503246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Hoyden Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Cing Shih
  • Patent number: D503247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Alco Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Allan G. Ross
  • Patent number: D503248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Linton, Kay D. Keller
  • Patent number: D503249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Massimiliano E. Avenia
  • Patent number: D503250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kyu Kwan Choi
  • Patent number: D503251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sharper Image Corporation
    Inventor: Tristan M. Christianson
  • Patent number: D503252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventor: David W. Moine
  • Patent number: D503253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: James E. Rader, Scott T. Haubrich, Richard Porticos, Gene Park
  • Patent number: D503254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Whiteside Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: Kirt E. Whiteside
  • Patent number: D503255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: John D. Brush & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Lynch, Scott W. Osiecki, Todd B. Abernethy
  • Patent number: PP15680
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea class, characterized by its continuous production of brilliant red well-formed blooms on long straight stems, its vigorous upright habit of growth, its excellent branching, its large open flowers and its intense rose fragrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: J. Benjamin Williams
  • Patent number: PP15681
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named ‘Kielowa’, characterized by its low-mounding and trailing plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; vigorous growth habit; freely and continuous flowering habit; and relatively large white-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Kieft Bloemzaden B.V.
    Inventor: Linda Groot-Boon
  • Patent number: PP15682
    Abstract: A new Clematis cultivar which is well suited to propagation from softwood cuttings in glasshouses. The variety has a tall growth habit, profust, Red-Purple flowers, and continuous summer flowering. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S
    Inventors: Raymond Evison, Mogens N. Olesen
  • Patent number: PP15683
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘USBENAL25’, characterized by its semi-upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; large dark violet-colored flowers; and resistance to Powdery Mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Plant 21 LLC
    Inventor: Ushio Sakazaki
  • Patent number: PP15684
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a Torenia plant having large flowers, vivid purple petals with a pale bluish-purple center and a vivid purple floral tube. The plant displays a semi-decumbent growth habit, medium branching and forms a great profusion of blooms. The entire plant remains in bloom for a considerable period of time. The plant grows and flowers well in shaded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Kazunari Iwaki
  • Patent number: PP15685
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Antirrhinum plant named ‘Sulte Pur’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, decumbent and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and numerous flowers that are purple in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Goldsmith Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Pierce
  • Patent number: PP15686
    Abstract: ‘Kakegawa S72’ is a new variety of Calibrachoa plant. This new variety has dark red petal lobes with darker red petal mid-veins and dark green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Bessho, Toshimi Ohga
  • Patent number: PP15687
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its lilac flowers, early flowering, and a spreading habit that is first semi-erect and later spreading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Syngenta Seeds B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus G. W. Stemkens
  • Patent number: PP15688
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its neonrose flowers, early flowering, and a spreading habit that is first semi-erect and later spreading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Syngenta Seeds B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus G. W. Stemkens
  • Patent number: PP15689
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Antirrhinum plant named ‘Sant229A’, 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 pale purple in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Paul Ecke Ranch
    Inventor: Diony de Bont
  • Patent number: PP15690
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Aster plant named ‘Yomagic’, characterized by its uniform, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; uniform flowering habit; natural flowering season around September 11th; daisy-type inflorescences with dark purple-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Smith
  • Patent number: PP15691
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Aster plant named ‘Yopuff’, characterized by its uniform, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; uniform flowering habit; natural flowering season around September 10th; daisy-type inflorescences with white-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Smith
  • Patent number: PP15692
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Royal catchfly, Silene regia ‘Prairie Sunset’, characterized by its large, deep red flowers, its thick stems, its wide, ovate-shaped dark green leaves, and its usefulness as a cut flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Neil Hart Diboll
  • Patent number: PP15693
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Serena’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; dense and bushy growth habit; freely flowering habit; and pale yellow-colored ray florets and gray-colored disc florets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Inventor: Bjarne Nyholm Larsen
  • Patent number: PP15694
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree (Prunus nucipersica), and which is denominated varietally as ‘Burnectseventeen’, and which produces an attractively colored yellow-fleshed, clingstone nectarine which is mature for harvesting approximately August 7th to August 12 under ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: The Burchell Nursery, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Slaughter, Timothy J. Gerdts
  • Patent number: PP15695
    Abstract: A new Hybrid Tea garden rose plant which has abundant, white flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S
    Inventors: L. Pernille Olesen, Mogens N. Olesen
  • Patent number: PP15696
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘USTUNI164’, characterized by its semi-upright to cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; numerous large single flowers that are white in color; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Plant 21 LLC
    Inventor: Ushio Sakazaki
  • Patent number: PP15697
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Barcelona Bridal Pink’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching, dense and bushy plant form; and light purple-colored flowers with showy light purple-colored terminal flower bracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Paradise Seed Company
    Inventor: John B. Robb
  • Patent number: PP15698
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yonew York’, characterized by its uniform and outwardly spreading plant habit; strong and freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; uniform flowering response and habit; can be grown as a disbud or spray-type; early flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences; light pink-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about three to four weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • Patent number: PP15699
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘Hayworth’, characterized by its numerous multi-petalled red-colored flowers; upright, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green glossy leaves; and excellent postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Fides Goldstock Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Ike Vlielander