Patents Issued in May 3, 2016
  • Pair of connected cigar ends
    Patent number: D755441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Danny Moya
  • UV fingernail curing lamp
    Patent number: D755442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Prior Company Limited
    Inventor: Eric Jih
  • Padded armor
    Patent number: D755443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Nathan Alan King
  • Reflective strip
    Patent number: D755444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Keith Willows, Antonio Del Rosario, June Angus
  • Pet bed
    Patent number: D755445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: iiams, LLC
    Inventor: David E. Iiams
  • Dog treat puzzle
    Patent number: D755446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Kyle Hansen
  • Ant stop food bowl
    Patent number: D755447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Carole Andrews, Ervin W. Schoeppe
  • Animal feeder
    Patent number: D755448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Dymock McIntyre
  • Orb pet water fountain
    Patent number: D755449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Radio Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Cornwell, Jr., Melissa Poisson, Junzhou Thomas Huang, Fang Lora Fang
  • Football-shaped chew toy
    Patent number: D755450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Hyper Pet LLC
    Inventor: Keith Setser
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D755451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Chia-Sheng Lai
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D755452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Chia-Sheng Lai
  • Pet feeder reminder device
    Patent number: D755453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: James Foley
  • Dishwasher and/or component(s) thereof
    Patent number: D755454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Roberson, Thomas Ott
  • Dishwasher and/or component(s) thereof
    Patent number: D755455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Roberson, Thomas Ott
  • Dishwasher and/or component(s) thereof
    Patent number: D755456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BSH Home Appliances Corporation
    Inventors: Lindsay Roberson, Thomas Ott
  • Electric washing machine
    Patent number: D755457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Wookjun Chung, Hoil Jeon, Youjin Chung, Yeji Um, Taewoo Yoo
  • Electric washing machine
    Patent number: D755458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hoil Jeon, Youjin Chung, Yeji Um, Taewoo Yoo
  • Dish rack tray insert
    Patent number: D755459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Savannah Marie Erby
  • Food container rack
    Patent number: D755460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CAMBRO MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Jorge Baez
  • Rectangular bin
    Patent number: D755461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Test Rite Products Corp.
    Inventor: Joseph Wall
  • Rolling paint caddy
    Patent number: D755462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Steven Howard
  • Bellman cart
    Patent number: D755463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Levent Tuncel
  • Tray for baggage conveyor
    Patent number: D755464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Fujio, Takuya Isomura
  • Twin-book concealment container
    Patent number: D755465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Billy Pennington
  • Rose plant named ‘Gaye Hammond’
    Patent number: PP26674
    Abstract: Shrub rose plant having an upright, well-branched, and generally rounded plant habit; very vigorous growth; double flowers typically borne one per short to medium length stem; petal color starts out yellow with peach highlights and matures to creamy-white; continuous flowering throughout the growing season; strong resistance to black spot and powdery mildew; very glossy medium to dark green foliage; prominent relatively straight prickles and ability to root and grow vigorously from softwood and semi-hardwood cuttings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: David Charles Zlesak
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘Radpastel’
    Patent number: PP26675
    Abstract: A new and distinct shrub rose plant is provided that abundantly and substantially continuously forms attractive single yellow blossoms that with maturity fade to blush pink. The plant exhibits vigorous vegetation and a rounding and bushy growth habit. The foliage is ornamental dark green with a semi-glossy finish on the upper surface. The light blossom coloration contrasts nicely with the dark green foliage. The disease resistance is excellent, particularly with respect to black spot, rust and mildews. The plant is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in in the landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: CP DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventor: William J. Radler
  • shrub named ‘AUStruss’
    Patent number: PP26676
    Abstract: A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUStruss’. The ‘AUStruss’ is a variety of rose having medium blooms of a pink blend, which are double, many-petalled and of a deep cup shape, and having a strong fruity fragrance coupled with a long vase life suitable for cut-flower commercial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD.
    Inventor: David J. C. Austin
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘AUSyacht’
    Patent number: PP26677
    Abstract: A variety of rose plant of the shrub class, named ‘AUSyacht’. The ‘AUSyacht’ is a variety of a rose suitable for cut-flower production with double, deep red blooms having many petals in the character of an old-fashioned garden shrub rose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD.
    Inventor: David J. C. Austin
  • Grandiflora rose plant named ‘KORfre0015’
    Patent number: PP26678
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel lemon-yellow flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits upright growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: W. Kordes Sohne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Blueberry plant named ‘FL06-377’
    Patent number: PP26679
    Abstract: ‘FL06-377’ is a new and distinct southern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) variety distinguished by a very low chilling requirement, high evergreen leaf retention, upright growth habit, and fruit that are firm, with a small, dry picking scar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. Lyrene, James W. Olmstead
  • tree named ‘SPC136’
    Patent number: PP26680
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Prunus avium, ‘SPC136’, characterized by its mid-season fruit harvest, its flowers that are not self-fertile, lateness of bloom, its intermediate precocity of fruit bearing, its upright growth habit, its fruit skin that is wine red in color and flesh that is dark red to black in color, its large flowers with wide petals, and its firm, very large, kidney-shaped fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
    Inventors: William David Lane, Richard MacDonald
  • Nectarine tree named ‘Sweet Firegem’
    Patent number: PP26681
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree (Prunus persica var. nucipersica). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemaguard’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consist of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Tree with a vigorous, upright growth habit. 2. Tree being a regular and productive bearer of large size fruit. 3. Fruit with firm, yellow flesh with good handling and shipping qualities. 4. Fruit with very good flavor and eating quality. 5. Fruit with an attractive red skin color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Gary Neil Zaiger, Leith Marie Gardner, Grant Gene Zaiger
  • Grapevine plant named ‘ARRATWENTYSEVEN’
    Patent number: PP26682
    Abstract: A new distinct variety of grapevine named ARRATWENTYSEVEN abundantly forms attractive large crisp, meaty & juicy berries with a small seed trace and with a blue/black skin coloration; in large clusters which display a naturally sweet flavor. The fruit commonly is ready for harvesting during August in San Joaquin Valley of Central California, U.S.A, and displays good eating qualities as a table grape. The fruit firmness renders the fruit well amenable for handling, shipping, and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Agricultural Research and Development Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Sal Giumarra, Shachar Karniel
  • Strawberry plant named ‘Petaluma’
    Patent number: PP26683
    Abstract: ‘Petaluma’ is a short-day (June bearing) cultivar similar to ‘Camarosa’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,708) but with greater productivity, higher quality fruit, and earlier production; it is similar to ‘Ventana’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,469) and ‘Benicia’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,542), but with a more healthy plant and higher quality and firmer fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Kirk D. Larson, Douglas V. Shaw
  • hybrid plant named ‘BFC68’
    Patent number: PP26684
    Abstract: ‘BFC68’ is a distinctive variety of Thuja plicata×standishii which is characterized by the combination of an overall smaller plant size, dense foliage at the plant's apex where normally there are few branches or branchlets, a higher degree of branching among first, secondary and tertiary branchlets, a pendulous attitude of the terminal portion of lateral branches and all branchlets which creates a soft, feathered foliage texture, and stability and uniformity of traits through successive cycles of asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Benjamin Frank Case, Jr.
  • plant named ‘JURMAG5’
    Patent number: PP26685
    Abstract: A new and distinct Magnolia cultivar named ‘JURMAG5’ is disclosed, characterized by having a compact habit, slower growth and large yellow-orange flowers with distinctly rounded petals. The new variety is a Magnolia, normally produced as an ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Jury
  • plant named ‘Balsolared’
    Patent number: PP26686
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of an ornamental Ipomoea plant named ‘Balsolared’, characterized by bronzed-burgundy foliage, and moderately vigorous, moderately-compact, mounded to trailing growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Winslow
  • plant named ‘Longi Tropic Soft Pink’
    Patent number: PP26687
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Longi Tropic Soft Pink’, characterized by its upright, uniformly mounding and bushy plant habit; glossy dark green-colored leaves; uniform, continuous and freely flowering habit; large pink-colored flowers with dark red-colored centers; and excellent flower longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Graff Breeding A/S
    Inventor: Poul Graff
  • plant named ‘Multi Tropic Orange’
    Patent number: PP26688
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hibiscus plant named ‘Multi Tropic Orange’, characterized by its upright, uniformly mounding and bushy plant habit; shiny dark green-colored leaves; uniform, continuous and freely flowering habit; bright orange-colored flowers with dark red-colored centers; and good flower longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Graff Breeding A/S
    Inventor: Poul Graff
  • plant named ‘Jasoda Dark Pink Imp’
    Patent number: PP26689
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Jasoda Dark Pink Imp’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; small decorative-type inflorescences with dark pink-colored ray florets; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Paraty B.V.B.A.
    Inventor: Dirk Pieters
  • plant named ‘Staviski Dark Red’
    Patent number: PP26690
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Staviski Dark Red’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; small decorative-type inflorescences with dark red-colored ray florets; and excellent garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Paraty B.V.B.A.
    Inventor: Dirk Pieters
  • New Guinea plant named ‘SAKIMP019’
    Patent number: PP26691
    Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a pink flower color, strong root system and a compact plant growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Sato, Chuichi Tsukada
  • New Guinea plant named ‘SAKIMP029’
    Patent number: PP26692
    Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a magenta flower color, strong root system and a vigorous growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Sato, Shinji Minemura
  • New Guinea plant named ‘SAKIMP034’
    Patent number: PP26693
    Abstract: An impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having a many beautiful purple flowers with a white and red-purple eye, a strong root system, and a spreading habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Sato, Shinji Minemura
  • plant named ‘KLEOE14215’
    Patent number: PP26694
    Abstract: A new Osteospermum plant particularly distinguished by medium sized flowers, white ray florets, violet-blue disc florets, and a horizontal spreading growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Graham Brown
  • plant named ‘TFLRS03-0’
    Patent number: PP26695
    Abstract: A new and distinct Trifolium cultivar named ‘TFLRS03-0’ is disclosed, characterized by unique green foliage with dark red variegation. Leaflets typically occur in quantites of 4 over more than 50% of plant. Plants are compact. The new variety is a Trifolium, typically produced as an ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventors: Takayuki Kobayashi, Kuzunori Sato
  • plant named ‘DRAWHIGRE’
    Patent number: PP26696
    Abstract: A new and distinct Dracaena cultivar named ‘DRAWHIGRE’ is disclosed, characterized by Unique dark green, greyed-green and white foliage. Plants grow in a distinctive upright habit. The new variety is a Dracaena, typically produced as an ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Dragontree Beheer B.V.
    Inventor: Ruud Scheffers
  • plant named ‘PAS1020344’
    Patent number: PP26697
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘PAS1020344’, characterized by its dark violet-colored flowers having deep violet-colored venation, medium green-colored foliage, moderately vigorous, mounded-trailing growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Jason Jandrew
  • plant named ‘Cha Cha Purple’
    Patent number: PP26698
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Penstemon plant characterized by medium size red purple flowers in dense clusters, long bloom time, a compact, upright, well branched habit, with multiple crown from the base, clean-looking, deep green, attractive foliage, and excellent vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Terra Nova, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert D. Jansen