Patents Issued in September 14, 2021
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D930921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Glen S. Axelrod, Ajay Gajria, Grant Woodrow Adkins, Nancy S. Rivadeneira
  • Dog squeak toy
    Patent number: D930922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Chuanchi Ruan
  • Bottle washing machine
    Patent number: D930923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ALTELLE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Rudolf W. Riegner, III, Jonathan Saphiro Salim, Jieyu Yong
  • High pressure bundle cleaner
    Patent number: D930924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Peinemann Equipment B.V.
    Inventor: Paul Verstraeten
  • Garment steamer
    Patent number: D930925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CONAIR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chi Ho Kurt Wong
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D930926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis J. Wrobleski
  • Upright vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D930927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Everett Smith, Jing Yang, Guoqiang Yi
  • Frame for a pressure washer
    Patent number: D930928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KARCHER NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Marcos Moreno Pastor, Michael Meyer
  • Adjustable magnetic window cleaner
    Patent number: D930929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TYROLER LTD.
    Inventor: Dan Tyroler
  • Multi-functional dish drying rack
    Patent number: D930930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Guangzhou Han Yi Yang Information Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yayun Tan
  • Dustpan
    Patent number: D930931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Niansheng Yu
  • Trash can
    Patent number: D930932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: EKO Development Ltd.
    Inventor: Yizhi Chen
  • Trash can
    Patent number: D930933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, Di-Fong Chang, Myk Lum, Adam Wade, Helen Miller
  • Tool organizer
    Patent number: D930934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: QUALITY CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis Hale, Marcus Willi Karl Gerhard Bosch, John Hoppes
  • Mechanic's creeper
    Patent number: D930935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Erik Sieb, André Wagner
  • Roof debris chute
    Patent number: D930936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: New Heights, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Jay Beiler, Raymond Beiler, Jeremiah Weaver
  • Chain hoist
    Patent number: D930937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventor: Tatu Piispanen
  • Forklift truck
    Patent number: D930938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI LOGISNEXT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Yoshioka, Hiroaki Kumazawa
  • Manlift side windows
    Patent number: D930939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Nestable pallet
    Patent number: D930940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CLEANPAL ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventor: Amihay Cohen
  • Manlift features
    Patent number: D930941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Manlift control panel
    Patent number: D930942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Manlift control panel
    Patent number: D930943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Manlift shelf
    Patent number: D930944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Manlift side windows
    Patent number: D930945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Crown Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Christoph Babel, James Kraimer, Markus Graf, Christian Molnar, Alexander Quednau
  • Kiwi plant named ‘RED GOAL’
    Patent number: PP33472
    Abstract: A new and distinct kiwi (Actinidia chinensis Planchon) plant named ‘RED GOAL’, particularly characterized by distinctive size of fruit, late time of maturity for harvesting, and long cold storage life. Other desirable characteristics include fruits with red pulp and green/brown, almost hairless skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SUMMERFRUIT S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giampaolo Dal Pane
  • Peach tree named ‘NJ360’
    Patent number: PP33473
    Abstract: A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJ360’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of showy flowers, medium to large, round, semi-freestone fruit, with a red to greyed-purple blush over a bright yellow-white ground, ripening in mid-season, and possessing aromatic, sweet, sub-acid flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Joseph C. Goffreda, Anna M. Voordeckers
  • Peach tree named ‘NJ361’
    Patent number: PP33474
    Abstract: A new and distinct peach variety of Prunus persica named ‘NJ361’ is provided. This variety is distinguished from other peach varieties by its unique combination of showy flowers, medium to large, round, semi-freestone fruit, with a red to greyed-purple blush over a unique bright yellow-orange ground, ripening in mid-season, and possessing aromatic, sweet, acidic flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Joseph C. Goffreda, Anna M. Voordeckers
  • Strawberry plant named ‘Nina’
    Patent number: PP33475
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘NIÑA’. This new strawberry plant named ‘NIÑA’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of West Central Florida, and is primarily characterized by its achenes typically set even with or just below the surface of the fruit, good fruit flavor with firm flesh, moderately creased fruit, early time of first flower and fruit, and large berry size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: STRAWBERRY SCIENCES, LLC
    Inventors: Kendra M. Blaker, Michael D. Nelson, Stephen M. Ackerman, Daniel S. Nelson
  • Strawberry plant named ‘SANTA MARIA’
    Patent number: PP33476
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘SANTA MARIA’. This new strawberry plant named ‘SANTA MARIA’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the West Central Florida, and is primarily characterized by its achenes typically set even to slightly below the surface of the fruit, good fruit flavor with firm flesh, moderately creased fruit, early time of first flower and fruit, medium plant size, and large fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: STRAWBERRY SCIENCES, LLC
    Inventors: Kendra M. Blaker, Michael D. Nelson, Stephen M. Ackerman, Daniel S. Nelson
  • Strawberry plant named ‘FL 16.78-109’
    Patent number: PP33477
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry (Fragaria X ananassa), which originated from seed produced by a hand-pollinated cross between ‘FL 12.90-53’ and ‘FL 14.29-62’. The new strawberry, named ‘FL 16.78-109’, can be distinguished at least by its white internal fruit color when fully ripe; white to light pink external fruit color when fully ripe; consistent conical shape; and low acid content when grown in West Central Florida or other regions that have a climate similar to that of West Central Florida.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventor: Vance M. Whitaker
  • plant named ‘GCCHU2008’
    Patent number: PP33478
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Magnolia plant named ‘GCCHU2008’ that is characterized by its good branching habit that readily produces vegetative buds, its velvety flower buds that develop into cup-shaped flowers that are white in color in the spring, its very floriferous blooming habit with fragrant flowers, its fine, willow-like foliage that is green in color, its dwarf and rounded plant habit, and its suitability for growing in small gardens and in 3-liter containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Glyn Church
  • plant named ‘NCVX2’
    Patent number: PP33479
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viburnum plant named ‘NCVX2’ is disclosed, characterized by a compact, globose habit, and glossy, dark evergreen leaves. ‘NCVX2’ produces abundant white flowers in the Spring followed by showy blue fruit. The new variety is a Viburnum, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Thomas Green Ranney, Darren Touchell, Irene Palmer, Andra Nus, Nathan P. Lynch
  • plant named ‘Jong 02’
    Patent number: PP33480
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla plant named ‘Jong 02’ that is characterized by its foliage that are black-green to green-black in color, its strong branches and compact plant habit, its lacecap shaped inflorescences that become flattened globular when they mature, and its sterile flowers with sepals that are deep red in color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: De Jong Plant B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Kolster, Kees Eveleens
  • plant named ‘Fairfarlag’
    Patent number: PP33481
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Lagerstroemia plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘Fairfarlag’, is disclosed. The new variety forms attractive deep pink colored flowers. Attractive, dark green colored foliage is formed. The growth habit is dense and mounded. The new variety is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: THE CONARD PYLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Michael W. Farrow
  • plant named ‘Bellaggua’
    Patent number: PP33482
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Lagerstroemia plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘Bellaggua’, is disclosed. The new variety forms attractive light pink colored flowers. Attractive, medium green colored foliage is formed. The growth habit is compact, low-mounded. The new variety is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: THE CONARD PYLE COMPANY
    Inventor: Michael W. Farrow
  • plant named ‘Divina’
    Patent number: PP33483
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new ornamental variety of Cannabis sativa L., named ‘Divina’. ‘Divina’ was developed and obtained from a spontaneous mutation of the parent ‘Pilar’ and is asexually propagated, having a distinctive “mottled yellow and green leaf” phenotype.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PHYTOPLANT RESEARCH S.L.
    Inventor: Salvatore Casano
  • plant named ‘Versdidem’
    Patent number: PP33484
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Achillea ptarmica plant named ‘Versdidem’ that is characterized by its very floriferous flowering habit, its ray florets that are snowy white in color on pompom shaped inflorescences, its good resistance to powdery mildew, its foliage that is medium green in color and fine-toothed margins, its compact, rounded and dense plant habit, and its efficient unrooted cutting production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: A. Verschoor Horticulture import-export B.V.
    Inventor: Janus Verschoor
  • plant named ‘ECOLOPIA3’
    Patent number: PP33485
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lippia plant named ‘ECOLOPIA3’ is disclosed, characterized by uniquely long internodes, about 2.9 cm, resulting in tall plants. Plants of the new variety grow vigorously to about 170 cm in 3 months and 5 cm tall. The new variety has excellent tolerance for heat, humidity and disease. Foliage is larger than average, plants are sterile. The new variety is a Lippia, useful for a variety of horticultural purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Masataka Ohde
  • plant named ‘DDTBW13-0’
    Patent number: PP33486
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Dianthus plant named ‘DDTBW13-0’ is disclosed, characterized by unique bi-color flowers of burgundy with well-defined white margins. Plants bloom for an extended period into the Summer and are hardy to USDA Zone 5. The new variety is a Dianthus, typically produced as a garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • plant named ‘Baby Doll White’
    Patent number: PP33487
    Abstract: A new and unique cultivar of garden Phlox named Phlox ‘Baby Doll White’ multiple-branched, multi-stemmed, short, dense, upright, slowly-spreading habit with clean, glossy, medium-green, lanceolate leaves with exceptiond powdery mildew resistance. Foliage is thick with stiff sterns. Flowers are white initially with pale-lavender blush and small, pale-lavender throat and pale-purple corolla tube produced on branched peduncles and nearly cover the top of the plant beginning early June for about four weeks, about two weeks prior to typical Phlox paniculata cultivars known to the inventor, and repeating for about six weeks. ‘Baby Doll White’ is especially suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, for attracting hummingbirds and butterflies, and for cut flower arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘PECZ0022’
    Patent number: PP33488
    Abstract: A new Pelargonium plant named ‘PECZ0022’ particularly distinguished by white colored inflorescences with semi-double florets, held above dark green foliage, on a vigorous upright plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Ronald Christiaan Snijder
  • x plant named ‘Wavecrest’
    Patent number: PP33489
    Abstract: A new and unique X Mangave plant named ‘Wavecrest’ characterized by a compact mound of lanceolate, variegated, coarsely sinuate, folded to concaved foliage. The foliage center is bluish-green and the marginal variegation is variable between yellowish and light chartreuse with a darker chartreuse intermediate zone. Marginal and apical spines are soft and flexible. Leaves develop small, irregular, greyed-purple spots with strong ultra violet light. The new plants is suitable for the garden landscape or as a potted plant in the garden or around the home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc
    Inventor: Hans A Hansen
  • plant named ‘G16223’
    Patent number: PP33490
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Rudbeckia hirta plant named ‘G16223’ is disclosed, characterized by strong, dense branching on plants reaching approximately 15 to 18 inches tall. Inflorescences have stiff ray florets held horizontally and are held on short peduncles. Young flowering plants produce single flowers, and mature plants produce an extra row of ray florets. Ray florets are golden yellow with a dark greyed-purple base, forming a dark eye. The new variety is a Rudbeckia, and is normally used as a garden or container plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Garden Genetics llc
    Inventor: Irene E. Palmer
  • Magnetic shelf
    Patent number: RE48727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventor: Kelly Nelson
  • Control device
    Patent number: RE48728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Elliot G. Jacoby, Jason C. Killo, Brad Michael Kreschollek
  • Endoluminal system for gastrointestinal treatment
    Patent number: RE48729
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery are provided. Systems are taught for operatively treating gastrointestinal disorders endoscopically in a stable, yet dynamic operative environment, and in a minimally-invasive manner. Such systems include, for example, an endoscopic surgical suite. The surgical suite can have a reversibly-expandable retractor that expands to provide a stable, operative environment within a subject. The expansion can be asymmetric around a stabilizer subsystem to maximize space for a tool and an endoscope to each be maneuvered independently to visualize a target tissue and treat the target tissue from outside the patient in a minimally invasive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Piskun, John To, Mariel Fabro, Brian Tang, Sergey Kantsevoy, Oleg Shikhman
  • Dental composite material having stable pasty property
    Patent number: RE48730
    Abstract: A composite material including silanated filler and mixed polymerizable monomer, having a stable pasty property which keeps well and has a consistent usability. A composite material containing a silanated filler, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator, and may be produced by a process which includes a mixed polymerizable monomer preparing step, a silanation step, a silanated filler preserving step, a composite material preparing step, a composite material preserving step, a composite material filling step, and a small quantity preserving container preserving step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHOFU INC.
    Inventors: Yusei Kadobayashi, Masako Shigezawa
  • Dihydronaphthyridines and related compounds useful as kinase inhibitors for the treatment of proliferative diseases
    Patent number: RE48731
    Abstract: The invention relates to dihydronaphthyridines and related compounds; compositions comprising an effective amount of a dihydronaphthyridine or a related compound; and methods for treating or preventing proliferative diseases comprising the administration of an effective amount of a dihydronaphthyridine or a related compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel L. Flynn, Michael D. Kaufman, Peter A. Petillo
  • Methods and compositions for the selection and optimization of oligonucleotide tag sequences
    Patent number: RE48732
    Abstract: Methods for selecting tag-oligonucleotide sequences for use in an in vitro nucleic acid assay. The selected tag sequences are useful for nucleic acid assay wherein interference between the nucleic acid sequences is the assay is to be controlled. Selected tag sequences are incorporated into nucleic acid assay to improve the performance of and/or minimize any interference between nucleic acids in the assay compared to untagged assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Norman C. Nelson, Jijumon Chelliserry