Patents Issued in February 14, 2017
  • Blocking pad
    Patent number: D779125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: GRAFTON SCHOOL, INC.
    Inventors: James Gaynor, Kim Sanders, Christopher Feltner
  • Helmet
    Patent number: D779126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Oakley, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyusik Uhm
  • Industrial protection helmet with headband adjusted by a ratchet knob
    Patent number: D779127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SOLDADORAS INDUSTRIALES INFRA, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Eduardo Alva Sanchez
  • Protective helmet
    Patent number: D779128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Nishank R. Patel, Eric T. Sommers
  • Glove
    Patent number: D779129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: StoneBreaker Gloves LLC
    Inventor: Heath Mathias
  • Ambidextrous glove with gripper tread
    Patent number: D779130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Rajeev Kumar Sood
  • Reflective strip
    Patent number: D779131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Amphipod, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith S. Willows, June A. Angus, Antonio Del Rosario
  • Reflective strip
    Patent number: D779132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Amphipod, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith S. Willows, June A. Angus, Antonio Del Rosario
  • Reflective strip
    Patent number: D779133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Amphipod, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith S. Willows, June A. Angus, Antonio Del Rosario
  • Emergency escape slide
    Patent number: D779134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Robert Summerford
  • Hair rake for pets
    Patent number: D779135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Shao-Peng Chang
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D779136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Petsport USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Darin D. Eisenbarth
  • Cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: D779137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lilumia International Ltd.
    Inventor: Fierra Taylor
  • Machine for cleaning floors
    Patent number: D779138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Zheyi Jin, Denis Dammkoehler
  • Brush for vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D779139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Yoneda, Hirohisa Miyazaki, Norio Okada, Mitsuhiro Shigeri, Masato Suzuki
  • Brush cleansing mitt
    Patent number: D779140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: HCT Group Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Cindy Sean Yuei Lim, Michelle Wong, Nadine Yiang
  • Cleaning cloth
    Patent number: D779141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Fifty/Fifty Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Spitaletta
  • Cleaning cloth
    Patent number: D779142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Mark W. Baldwin
  • Window scraper
    Patent number: D779143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Sgroi, Jr., Raymond E. Clepper
  • Mop head
    Patent number: D779144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventor: Dmitry Layevsky
  • Platform cart
    Patent number: D779145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Suncast Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thuma, Robert G. Kopp, Michael R. Vogler
  • Transfer robot
    Patent number: D779146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Chiaki Tokai, Minetaka Goto, Takeshi Osuka
  • Jack stabilizing plate
    Patent number: D779147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Bauernfeind, Linda A. Bauernfeind
  • Automated teller machine
    Patent number: D779148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nautilus Hyosung Inc.
    Inventors: Hee Youn Lee, Joon Hee Kim, Jae Min Park, Jae Min Cha
  • Illuminated cash drawer
    Patent number: D779149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: BLOCK AND COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: John P. Chap, Ivelisse Gomez, Paul E. Specht
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘Poulren023’
    Patent number: PP27656
    Abstract: A new garden rose plant of the Shrub class which has abundant, light pink 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: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: POULSEN ROSER A/S
    Inventor: Mogens Nyegaard Olesen
  • Cranberry variety named ‘CNJ99-9-96’
    Patent number: PP27657
    Abstract: A new cranberry variety distinguished by mid-season ripening, round to ovate fruit, high productivity, and moderate fruit anthocyanin development, as compared to the currently cultivated commercial varieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Nicholi Vorsa, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese
  • plant named ‘JAAC’
    Patent number: PP27658
    Abstract: A blueberry plant particularly distinguished by large oblate fruit with sweet flavour, crisp texture, strong blue colour and abundant bloom; rounded leaves with a puckered surface texture; upright plant habit with good vigour and green appearance and deciduous foliage, is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventors: Lancelot Alan Jordan, Jeanette Jordan
  • Apple tree named ‘TCL3’
    Patent number: PP27659
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of apple tree is described and which is distinguished as to novelty by producing an attractively colored apple which is ripe for harvesting and shipment on and about the last week of January under the ecological conditions prevailing near Havelock North, New Zealand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Te Mata Consultants Limited
    Inventor: David F. Cranwell
  • plant named ‘Glen Dee’
    Patent number: PP27660
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Rubus idaeus, ‘Glen Dee’, that is characterized by its spinefree canes, its fruit that is large in size with a good, palatable flavor and high Brix°, its A10 resistance to the European raspberry aphid (Amphorophora idaei), its field tolerance to the raspberry bushy dwarf virus (Idaeovirus RBDV) and raspberry root rot (Phytophthora rubi), and its late fruiting season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE OF SCOTLAND
    Inventor: Sophia N. Jennings
  • plant named ‘WFMOBLA’
    Patent number: PP27661
    Abstract: A new and distinct Weigela cultivar named ‘WFMOBLA’ is disclosed, characterized by a low, mounded plant habit requiring little pruning to maintain shape. Plants are very cold hardy and produce attractive glossy dark foliage. Dark foliage appears in the Spring when overwintered in a poly-house. The new. variety is a Weigela, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Wood
  • plant named ‘DAPJUR01’
    Patent number: PP27662
    Abstract: A new and distinct Daphne cultivar named ‘DAPJUR01’ is disclosed, characterized by an abundance of large, highly fragrant flowers. Plants are bushy and produce unique, unusually long racemes of flowers. Additionally the new variety is sun tolerant. The new variety is a Daphne, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Jury
  • ‘POIPD2’
    Patent number: PP27663
    Abstract: A new and distinct Physocarpus cultivar named ‘POIPD2’ is disclosed, characterized by a smaller plant size, with a round, compact habit. Foliage is small and distinctively burgundy. Plants exhibit good mildew resistance. The new variety is a Physocarpus, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Wood
  • plant named ‘STEFAN FRANCZAK’
    Patent number: PP27664
    Abstract: A new and distinct Clematis hybrid named ‘STEFAN FRANCZAK’ is disclosed, characterized by extremely floriferous plants producing blue-violet, medium size flowers, with undulating margins, and light yellow stamens. Plants bloom over a long period and exhibit compact growth. The new cultivar is a Clematis typically suited for ornamental container and landscape use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Szczepan Marczynski
  • plant named ‘HJJ-HAZ01’
    Patent number: PP27665
    Abstract: A new and distinct Clematis hybrid named ‘HJJ-HAZ01’ is disclosed, characterized by a unique non-vining plant habit. Plants are short and re-bloom multiple times during the Summer after pruning. Propagation is easy with a high rate of rooting success. Flowers have Violet colored tepals and yellow stamens. Flowers are positioned upward or outward. Plant habit is well suited for container plantings. The new cultivar is a Clematis typically suited for ornamental container and landscape use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Tsang Mei Lan
  • plant named ‘BFCCFLA’
    Patent number: PP27666
    Abstract: A new and distinct Clematis hybrid named ‘BFCCFLA’ is disclosed, characterized by a distinctive ruffled, double or semi-double dark purple flowers. Plants have a dense, shrubby plant form and are well suited for container plantings. Flowers are produced from May/June through August/September. The new cultivar is a Clematis typically suited for ornamental container and landscape use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Barry Fretwell
  • plant named ‘BFCCRAP’
    Patent number: PP27667
    Abstract: A new and distinct Clematis hybrid named ‘BFCCRAP’ is disclosed, characterized by a distinctive bright pink flowers with unusual long, undulating tepals. Plants have a dense, shrubby plant form and are well suited for container plantings. Flowers are produced from June through September. The new cultivar is a Clematis typically suited for ornamental container and landscape use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Barry Fretwell
  • plant named ‘DELEF’
    Patent number: PP27668
    Abstract: A new and distinct Lagerstroemia cultivar named ‘DELEF’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive Greyed-Purple foliage and dark pink flowers. Plants maintain distinctive foliage color throughout growing season and show increased tolerance for Cercospora leaf spot (C. lythracearum). The new cultivar is a Lagerstroemia, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee
  • plant named ‘DLOBUBPINK’
    Patent number: PP27669
    Abstract: A new and distinct Lobularia cultivar named ‘DLOBUBPINK’ is disclosed, characterized by long lasting light lavender-pink flowers, semi-trailing and freely branching form, with good vigor and strong structure. The new variety is a Lobularia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Danziger ‘DAN’ Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gavriel Danziger
  • orchid plant named ‘PHALCTOZYP’
    Patent number: PP27670
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘PHALCTOZYP’, particularly characterized by having white striped flowers with a dark lip, 1 to 2 peduncles, an inflorescence that is long and moderate, leaves that are narrow/oblong, and is propagated by meristem tissue culture is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Nicolaas Gerardus Van Swieten
  • orchid plant named ‘PHALDESBIM’
    Patent number: PP27671
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘PHALDESBIM’, particularly characterized by having bright purple flowers with small light centers, 1 to 2 peduncles, an inflorescence that is long and moderate, leaves that are oblong, and is propagated by meristem tissue culture, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ANTHURA B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Nicolaas Gerardus Van Swieten
  • New Guinea plant named ‘Duesspcoraur’
    Patent number: PP27672
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Duesspcoraur’ characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; dark coral-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • New Guinea plant named ‘DHARSCLVDR’
    Patent number: PP27673
    Abstract: A new and distinct Impatiens cultivar named ‘DHARSCLVDR’ is disclosed, characterized by large lavender flowers, well branched plant form and good sun resistance. The new variety is an Impatiens, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Danziger ‘DAN’ Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gavriel Danziger
  • New Guinea plant named ‘Duesspcherry’
    Patent number: PP27674
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Duesspcherry’ characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; deep red purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Ruth Kobayashi
  • plant named ‘Cleopatra’
    Patent number: PP27675
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Cleopatra’, characterized by its tall upright plant habit; dark-green colored leaves; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; red purple-colored semi-double flowers; and good cut flower and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Compass Plants B.V.
    Inventor: Peter Geerlings
  • plant named ‘Chocolate Cherry’
    Patent number: PP27676
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Astilbe plant named ‘Chocolate Cherry’, characterized by its broadly upright plant habit; dark green and brown-colored leaves; freely and uniformly flowering habit; red purple-colored flowers positioned just above the foliar plane on strong and brownish red-colored stems; and good container and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Compass Plants B.V.
    Inventor: Hans van de Meer
  • plant named ‘Poco Orange’
    Patent number: PP27677
    Abstract: A new and distinct Kniphofia plant characterized by its habit of forming multiple crowns fast and each crown produces inflorescences in the first season, large inflorescences of orange flowers with dark tips on short stems, a very long bloom time with repeat blooming from July through October in Canby, Oreg., a short habit, narrow, grassy leaves, and excellent vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Janet N. Egger
  • plant named ‘Duelobelcie15’
    Patent number: PP27678
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named ‘Duelobelcie15’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and semi-mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; and light blue-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dümmen Group B.V.
    Inventor: Tobias Dummen
  • plant named ‘SUNJON 008’
    Patent number: PP27679
    Abstract: A new and distinct Nemesia cultivar named ‘SUNJON 008’ is disclosed, characterized by cherry pink flowers and terminal bracts, uniform inflorescence and very compact plant form. The new variety is a Nemesia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jimmy Jones
  • Airtight cosmetic container
    Patent number: RE46305
    Abstract: An airtight cosmetic container in which an inner container (200) and an inner cover (300) can be airtightly sealed without using a separate rubber seal while compensating for a diameter deviation caused by a molding error of the inner cover (300). The inner container (200) includes a packing case (220) in which a cosmetic tray is installed, and which includes inner and outer elastic sidewalls (222, 223) that form a seal groove (221) therebetween, so a sealing rib (320) of the inner cover (300) is inserted into the seal groove (221), with inner and outer curved protrusions (222a, 223a) protruding toward each other on opposed surfaces of the inner and outer elastic sidewalls so as to come into elastic close contact with the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the sealing rib (320) inserted in the seal groove (221), thereby realizing an airtight sealing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Inventor: Jae Sam Byeon