Patents Issued in May 9, 2017
  • Applicator for lip cosmetics
    Patent number: D786500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Brivaplast S.r.l.
    Inventors: Stefano Vanoncini, Anna Poletto, Alberto Trebbi
  • Capsule containing washing products
    Patent number: D786501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER (BRANDS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Caroline Rigobert, Jordi Salvador, Taco Dietvorst
  • Capsule containing washing products
    Patent number: D786502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER (BRANDS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Caroline Rigobert, Jordi Salvador, Taco Dietvorst
  • Capsule containing washing products
    Patent number: D786503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER (BRANDS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Caroline Rigobert, Jordi Salvador, Taco Dietvorst
  • Capsule containing washing products
    Patent number: D786504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER (BRANDS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Caroline Rigobert, Jordi Salvador, Taco Dietvorst
  • Capsule containing washing products
    Patent number: D786505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: RECKITT BENCKISER (BRANDS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Caroline Rigobert, Jordi Salvador, Taco Dietvorst
  • Hair curler
    Patent number: D786506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: DUNA ENTERPRISES S.L.
    Inventor: Carlos José Ceva
  • Holder
    Patent number: D786507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SPECTRUM DIVERSIFIED DESIGNS, LLC
    Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Phaysouk Xayoiphonh
  • Protective headgear apparatus
    Patent number: D786508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew I. Ricket, Douglas C. Little
  • Welding helmet having a button
    Patent number: D786509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Niklas Lilenthal, Martin L. E. Birath, Oskar E. Juhlin
  • Pet highchair
    Patent number: D786510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Nevio D. Murljacic
  • Shutter for a bird feeder
    Patent number: D786511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Francisco Javier Septien Prieto
  • Animal toy
    Patent number: D786512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Norman Anderson
  • Large pet toy ball
    Patent number: D786513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Jeffrey Alan Tome
  • Reusable litter tray
    Patent number: D786514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Radio Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Cody Stricklin, Jason Graves, Ryan Anderson
  • Dryer appliance
    Patent number: D786515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel R. Schumaier
  • Dryer appliance
    Patent number: D786516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel R. Schumaier
  • Cleaner
    Patent number: D786517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD, MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Pei Cao, Yang Gu
  • Rake for toys
    Patent number: D786518
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Szekely, Charles Schmitz, Spencer Stone, Kelsey Baldwin
  • Machine polishing pad
    Patent number: D786519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KWH MIRKA LTD
    Inventors: Göran Höglund, Hans Hede
  • Broom
    Patent number: D786520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Ebnat AG
    Inventor: Pius Thoma
  • Steamer for clothing
    Patent number: D786521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: ECODROP
    Inventor: Gerard Curien
  • Service cart
    Patent number: D786522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Nancy Houlihan
  • Golf trolley
    Patent number: D786523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Procaddie Golf Limited
    Inventors: Celyn Mitchell, Andrew Smith
  • Cart
    Patent number: D786524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: ZIBRA, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Milton Sherman, William Lane Ball
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘KORapfhecki’
    Patent number: PP27976
    Abstract: ‘KORapfhecki’ is a new and distinct variety of Rosa hybrida which is characterized by the combination of an upright and bushy growth habit, medium-sized double flowers which are orange in color and also attractive foliage with excellent disease resistance. The new variety propagates successfully by grafting and by stem cuttings and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: W. Kordes Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Grandiflora rose plant named ‘KORfre0007’
    Patent number: PP27977
    Abstract: ‘KORfre0007’ is a new and distinct variety of Rosa hybrida which is characterized by the combination of an upright growth habit, abundant recurrent stems and flowers which perform well as cut flowers, a very-double flower habit, a light pink flower color and also glossy, dark green foliage with above average disease resistance. The new variety propagates successfully by grafting and by stem cuttings and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: W. Kordes Söhne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Tim-Hermann Kordes
  • Apple tree named ‘Gala 2013’
    Patent number: PP27978
    Abstract: Malus domestica Borkh ‘Gala 2013’ variety is distinguished from the original mother plant ‘Gala Standard’ and other Gala varieties by an intense solid flush purple-red over-colour that covers 100% of the surface of all the fruits on the trees at harvesting time, an intense solid flush red colour of the fruits already 30 days before harvesting time, at full blooming the receptacle assumes a red coloration, the young fruits 40 days after full blooming are already red coloured, and the petiole and central vein are red coloured on the lower side of the fully expanded leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GRIBA Baumschule Landwirtschaftliche Gesellschaft
    Inventor: Alois Defranceschi
  • Grapevine named ‘IASMA ECO 3’
    Patent number: PP27979
    Abstract: This invention is a new and distinct grapevine variety named “IASMA ECO 3” which is characterized by producing white berries which mature 1 week earlier than the parents, and is much less sensitive to Botrytis cinerea compared to the parents. The present variety berries exhibit a loose bunch and have the presence of both geraniol and linalool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FONDAZIONE EDMUND MACH-CENTRO RICERCA ED INNOVAZIONE
    Inventor: Marco Stefanini
  • Grapevine named ‘SAUVIGNON KRETOS’
    Patent number: PP27980
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of grapevine named ‘SAUVIGNON KRETOS’, primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the temperate regions, and characterized by its strong vigor; erect growth habit; wedge-shaped leaves with medium texture; medium weight and conical shaped berry clusters; early maturing, firm berry flesh with no coloration and neutral taste primarily for winemaking; early harvesting time; and resistance to winter temperatures (to ?22° C.), resistance to downy mildew and tolerance to powdery mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Università degli Studi di Udine, Istituto di Genomica Applicata
    Inventors: Simone Diego Castellarin, Guido Cipriani, Gabriele Di Gaspero, Michele Morgante, Enrico Peterlunger, Raffaele Testolin
  • Pomegranate tree named ‘Red Jay’
    Patent number: PP27981
    Abstract: A new and distinct pomegranate variety named ‘Red Jay’, characterized by having a very early fruiting trait and dark red coloration in both internal seed arils and external skin. Fruit is sweet and juicy with a low acidity. Fruit is mature near Mid-August in the California Central Valley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Y&Y Management Company, LLC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Yurosek
  • Fig tree named ‘S-49’
    Patent number: PP27982
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of fig tree which is denominated varietally as ‘S-49’ is described, and which further produces an attractively colored fig which is ripe for harvesting and shipment of a second crop during late July and early August under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: James F. Doyle
  • Fig tree named ‘S-64’
    Patent number: PP27983
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of fig tree is disclosed, and which produces a green to yellow skinned fig fruit of the common, or persistent type, and which further has an excellent size, and which additionally holds its size later in the season than other commercial fig varieties under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: James F. Doyle
  • Arborvitae plant named ‘Spireandela’
    Patent number: PP27984
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Thuja plant (commonly known as arborvitae) named ‘Spireandela’ characterized by very dense curved foliage arranged in a loose upward spiral, very narrow columnar shape, and slow growth habit. It can be grown as a narrow hedging or specimen plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Franklin D. Semkow
  • Maple tree named ‘JFS-KW249’
    Patent number: PP27985
    Abstract: A variety of maple tree which combines a dense compact oval to broadly oval form with short internodes, very glossy foliage, and bright fall color
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
    Inventor: Keith S. Warren
  • plant named ‘Hoogi021’
    Patent number: PP27986
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Physocarpus opulifolius plant named, ‘Hoogi021’, that is characterized by its dwarf and compact plant habit; reaching 40 cm in height as a four year-old plant in the landscape, its very small size leaves that emerge brown-purple and mature to green suffused with black, and its small white-pink flowers in spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Sebastiaan Hoogenraad
  • plant named ‘Queen of Hearts’
    Patent number: PP27987
    Abstract: Buddleia ‘Queen of Hearts’ is a broadly mounded, multi-stemmed, winter-hardy butterfly bush plant with long compact flowering thyrse over a long season beginning mid-summer with sweetly-fragrant magenta red flowers that are attractively offset by medium green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • plant named ‘DICUR’
    Patent number: PP27988
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘DICUR’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; strong and sturdy stems; mophead-type inflorescences with numerous white-colored sterile flowers with incurved sepals giving a curly appearance to the flowers; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Dijk van Dijk B.V.
    Inventor: Roy Robin van Dijk
  • plant named ‘Sweetie Pie’
    Patent number: PP27989
    Abstract: A new and unique plant cultivar of perennial carnation or pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Sweetie Pie’ with numerous, fully-double, fragrant flowers, on branched stems having up to 4 flowers per stem. Petals are pink that lighten with age. Plant has vigorous compact habit with silvery gray-green foliage. Dianthus ‘Sweetie Pie’ is tolerant of high temperatures and resists center die-out. Dianthus ‘Sweetie Pie’ flowers in late spring and again in early fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A. Hansen
  • plant named ‘KLEFU14838’
    Patent number: PP27990
    Abstract: A new Fuchsia plant particularly distinguished by having a compact, upright plant habit with small flowers, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Klemm, Andrea Dohm
  • plant named ‘KLEFU14842’
    Patent number: PP27991
    Abstract: A new fuchsia plant particularly distinguished by flowers having purple petals and red sepals, a compact, mounded, upright plant habit, and a freely-branching growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Klemm, Andrea Dohm
  • plant named ‘KLEFU14843’
    Patent number: PP27992
    Abstract: A new fuchsia plant particularly distinguished by flowers having white petals and red-purple sepals, a compact, mounded, upright plant habit, and a freely-branching growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Klemm, Andrea Dohm
  • plant named ‘KLEFU14840’
    Patent number: PP27993
    Abstract: A new fuchsia plant particularly distinguished by flowers having white petals and red sepals, a compact, upright plant habit, and a freely-branching growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Klemm+Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nils Klemm, Andrea Dohm
  • plant named ‘Koncalucky’
    Patent number: PP27994
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Koncalucky’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; sturdy and strong plants; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely branching habit; numerous white and dark pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Konst Breeding B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Konst
  • New Guinea plant named ‘SAKIMP044’
    Patent number: PP27995
    Abstract: An impatiens plant particularly distinguished by having red-purple flowers, a compact plant habit, and green leaves, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Sakata Seed Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Sato, Shinji Minemura
  • plant named ‘G12120’
    Patent number: PP27996
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of interspecific Pelargonium plant named ‘G12120’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounding to trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; green and white variegated leaves; light scarlet-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GardenGenetics LLC
    Inventor: Richard A. Grazzini
  • plant named ‘Sunsurf Yohaiha’
    Patent number: PP27997
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Sunsurf Yohaiha’, characterized by its large upright and mounding to semi-trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively large flowers that are pale pink in color with dark violet-colored venation and centers; and good garden performance and high temperature tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Suntory Flowers Limited
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Miyazaki
  • plant named ‘DRAYBAROQU’
    Patent number: PP27998
    Abstract: A new and distinct Petunia cultivar named ‘DRAYBAROQU’ is disclosed, characterized by a mounded growth habit, very well branched form, medium vigor and an abundance of large pink flowers. The new variety is a Petunia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Danziger ‘DAN’ Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gavriel Danziger
  • plant named ‘DCASPITAYA’
    Patent number: PP27999
    Abstract: A new and distinct Petunia cultivar named ‘DCASPITAYA’ is disclosed, characterized by a semi-trailing growth habit, well-branched plant form, strong vigor and an abundance of large purple flowers with yellow-green margins and dark violet veins and throat. The new variety is a Petunia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Danziger ‘DAN’ Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gavriel Danziger
  • plant named ‘PSY LAV 2322-566B’
    Patent number: PP28000
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘PSY LAV 2322-566B’, characterized by its compact, short in height, upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; lance-type leaves that are mostly lavender pink in color with red purple-colored venation, dark green-colored margins and random pale whitish lavender pink-colored spots; and above average tolerance to Xanthomonas Leaf Spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Dale Hartman