Patents Issued in March 24, 2015
  • Bird feeder with seed reservoir
    Patent number: D725316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventor: James Carter
  • Mat for pet food plate
    Patent number: D725317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: Miguel Jose Avalos Sartorio, Carlos Jose Avalos Sartorio
  • Animal litter box
    Patent number: D725318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Kristin L. Olson
  • Animal litter box
    Patent number: D725319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Kristin L. Olson
  • Animal litter box
    Patent number: D725320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Kristin L. Olson
  • Animal litter box
    Patent number: D725321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Kristin L. Olson
  • Calf transporter
    Patent number: D725322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Bruce A. Hutchings
  • Indoor bark control transmitter
    Patent number: D725323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Radio Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Fang Lora Fang, Jeff Brown
  • Indoor bark control transmitter
    Patent number: D725324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Radio Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Steven M Schrick
  • Tray for dishwasher
    Patent number: D725325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Moon Lee, Jae Jun Kim, Ji Young Shin
  • Handheld floor steamer
    Patent number: D725326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Lloyd Michael Spencer, Donald Thackray
  • Hand vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D725327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D725328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Aglassinger, Jason LePinske
  • Upper portion of a vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D725329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Aglassinger, Jason LePinske
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D725330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Techntronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Mohammed Irfan, Ryan P. Springell, Keith G. Faskin, Darren D. Holmes, Simon Pougher, Lee Pearson, Piers C. Storey, Jennifer Marsden
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D725331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryan Springell, Simon Pougher, Daragh Manning
  • Electric vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D725332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Oak Lawn Marketing, Inc.
    Inventor: Junichi Yoshitomi
  • Home appliance
    Patent number: D725333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deok-Sang Yun, Yeon-Young Nam, Dong-Won Chun
  • Sponge
    Patent number: D725334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Olivier Bédué
  • Sponge
    Patent number: D725335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Oliver Bédué
  • Waste storage device
    Patent number: D725336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sangenic International Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin John Strutt, Matthew James Brady, William John Day, Matthew George Bateman
  • Dolly for a cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: D725337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Telebrands Corp.
    Inventor: Lou Lentine
  • Pallet truck
    Patent number: D725338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Pulskamp, Daniel C. Magoto, Daniel W. Kahlig, Benjamin J. Purrenhage, Kyle S. Spieker, Justin L. Benacquisto
  • Rope cover for a winch
    Patent number: D725339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Darren G. Fretz
  • Fare collection box
    Patent number: D725340
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventor: Tim Giometti
  • Apple tree named ‘Thome Red’
    Patent number: PP25362
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of McIntosh apple tree, ‘Thome Red,’ originating as a naturally occurring limb mutation of the Malus domestica variety of ‘Caudle’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,068). This new variety is unique from its parent in the early timing of the red coloration the skin of the fruit, a much redder coloration of the skin of the fruit at maturity and the red coloration of the leaf petiole and veins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Steven J Thome
  • plant named ‘MonPin’
    Patent number: PP25363
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Thuja plant named ‘MonPin’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; pyramidal plant form; freely branching habit; dense and bushy form; developing leaves are golden yellow to light yellow green in color becoming darker green with development; and good winter hardiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Monrovia Nursery Company
    Inventor: Rigoberto Pineda
  • plant named ‘Hoho 1’
    Patent number: PP25364
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Berberis, ‘Hoho 1’, that is characterized by its compact plant habit, its moderate growth habit, its young shoots that are deep pink-red in color and its mature foliage that is heavily mottled with pink and red.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Sebastiaan Hoogenraad, Ralph Matheus Hoof
  • plant named ‘Hoho 2’
    Patent number: PP25365
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Berberis, ‘Hoho 2’, that is characterized by its bright gold foliage, its foliage that is resistant to leaf scorch when grown in warm temperatures and high sun levels, and its compact, low growing (flattened) and broadly spreading plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Sebastiaan Hoogenraad, Ralph Matheus Hoof
  • plant named ‘H211902’
    Patent number: PP25366
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘H211902’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; strong and sturdy stems; freely flowering habit; and large lacecap inflorescences with numerous red purple-colored sterile and light red purple-colored fertile flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • plant named ‘Cinderella’
    Patent number: PP25367
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Anemone plant named ‘Cinderella’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; single-type flowers that are light purple in color; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Osco Garden B.V.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Kanazawa
  • plant named ‘Alicante Surfer’
    Patent number: PP25368
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Alicante Surfer’, characterized by its uniform, upright, broadly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; early, uniform and freely flowering habit; relatively small decorative-type inflorescences with pure white-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Pieters Joseph & Luc B.V.B.A.
    Inventor: Luc Remi Johan Pieters
  • plant named ‘Tespassion’
    Patent number: PP25369
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Tespassion’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; sturdy and strong plant form; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit and relatively short internodes; dense and bushy appearance; large and numerous white to light purple-colored flowers with darker purple-colored center and held above the foliar plane on relatively short flower pedicels; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Vof Hortipartners
    Inventor: Peter Eveleens
  • plant named ‘Tesantarc’
    Patent number: PP25370
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Tesantarc’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded plant habit; sturdy and strong plant form; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit and relatively short internodes; dense and bushy appearance; large and numerous white-colored flowers with dark red-colored stripes and held above the foliar plane on relatively short flower pedicels; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: VoF Hortipartners
    Inventor: Peter Eveleens
  • orchid plant named ‘Timberline’
    Patent number: PP25371
    Abstract: A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Timberline’ particularly characterized by flowers which are white, within the labellum there is yellow and some red/purple; plants which may be propagated economically and uniformly using tissue culture; plants which produce more than one inflorescence; long and sturdy inflorescences; and relatively short, dark-green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Floricultura
    Inventor: René Schoone
  • orchid plant named ‘Lullaby’
    Patent number: PP25372
    Abstract: A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Lullaby’ particularly characterized by flowers which are green/white with red/purple stripes and a purple labellum; plants which may be propagated economically and uniformly using tissue culture; plants which produce more than one inflorescence; long and sturdy inflorescences; and relatively short, dark-green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Floricultura
    Inventor: René Schoone
  • orchid plant named ‘Goldmine’
    Patent number: PP25373
    Abstract: A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Goldmine’ particularly characterized by flowers which are yellow/green with a purple and yellow labellum; plants which may be propagated economically and uniformly using tissue culture; plants which produce more than one inflorescence; long and sturdy inflorescences; and relatively short, dark-green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Floricultura
    Inventor: René Schoone
  • orchid plant named ‘Streetwise’
    Patent number: PP25374
    Abstract: A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Streetwise’ particularly characterized by flowers which are white/green with purple marks; plants which may be propagated economically and uniformly using tissue culture; plants which produce more than one inflorescence; long and sturdy inflorescences; and relatively short, dark-green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Floricultura
    Inventor: René Schoone
  • plant named ‘LOMGAZVIBI’
    Patent number: PP25375
    Abstract: A new and distinct Gazania cultivar named ‘LOMGAZVIBI’ is disclosed, characterized by compact plant shape, large flower size and vividly bicolor flower type. Flowers stay open an exceptionally long time each day, and plants are uniquely well suited for container use. The new variety is a Gazania, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Lommerse Holdings B.V.
    Inventor: Henry Lommerse
  • plant named ‘G9518’
    Patent number: PP25376
    Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania cultivar named ‘G9518’ is disclosed, characterized by a very durable plant with a uniquely shaped inflorescence and white tipped flowers. The new variety is a Guzmania, typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Chester Skotak, Jr.
  • plant named ‘Kent 33’
    Patent number: PP25377
    Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania cultivar named ‘Kent 33’ is disclosed, characterized by an inflorescence of unique coloration and configuration. The new variety is a Guzmania, normally used as an indoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Jeffrey Kent
  • plant named ‘LEELASPIBL’
    Patent number: PP25378
    Abstract: A new and distinct Aspidistra cultivar named ‘LEELASPIBL’ is disclosed, characterized by leaves of ovate shape and pink, cream, and green color. The new variety is an Aspidistra, typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Anong Leelaspibl
  • plant named ‘KKAG201301’
    Patent number: PP25379
    Abstract: A new and distinct Aglaonema cultivar named ‘KKAG201301’ is disclosed, characterized by shiny, striking red with green leaf color as well as compact plant size. The new variety is an Aglaonema, typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Kanachana Khemakongkanond
  • Zoysiagrass plant named ‘LR1’
    Patent number: PP25380
    Abstract: An asexually reproduced variety of perennial zoysiagrass with a unique combination of morphological characters including medium leaf blade width, low canopy height, and medium stiff leaf texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventors: David Doguet, Virginia Lehman
  • plant named ‘Kudos Mandarin’
    Patent number: PP25381
    Abstract: A new and distinct form of Agastache plant characterized by orange flowers in large, dense inflorescences, a long bloom time, a very short, compact habit, good winter hardiness, and excellent vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Janet N. Egger
  • plant named ‘Honky Tonk’
    Patent number: PP25382
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Astilbe named ‘Honky Tonk’ that is characterized by its rich clear pink flowers, its numerous flowering stems, its sturdy and upright flowering stems, its growth medium green foliage, and its suitability for use as a cut flower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Henricus Gijsbertus Johannes Verduin
  • plant named ‘New Wave’
    Patent number: PP25383
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Astilbe named ‘New Wave’ that is characterized by its uniformly colored light pink flowers that are consistent in color throughout the inflorescence and between inflorescences, its upright flower spikes, and its effective and fast propagation by division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Henricus Gijsbertus Johannes Verduin
  • plant named ‘Sunbel 205’
    Patent number: PP25384
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbel 205’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively large light yellow-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kanaya, Yasuyuki Murakami
  • plant named ‘USCAL 12202’
    Patent number: PP25385
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘USCAL12202’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading to trailing and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; freely flowering habit; pale golden yellow and brown bi-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Plant 21 LLC
    Inventor: Ushio Sakazaki
  • Cross-shaped display stand
    Patent number: RE45427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: William F. Kroll