Ornamental Patents (Class PLT/177)
  • Publication number: 20150282401
    Abstract: ‘NCPX1’ is a new cultivar of hybrid flowering pear with a narrow fastigiated habit, red to purple flower buds opening with white flower petals and a high level of resistance to fire blight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventor: Thomas G. Ranney
  • Publication number: 20040210973
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of a flowering pear tree named ‘Veyna Flowering Pear’ which can be readily distinguished from other ornamental flowering pear trees, i.e. ‘Bradford’ or ‘Aristocrat’ cultivars of Pyrus calleryana, in that this new invention has brighter foliage and larger leaves than the two above-mentioned cultivars, is less pyramidal in form, and produces a brighter and more intense shade of red three weeks later. This new variety is well suited as an attractive ornamental for landscape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Sixto C. Veyna, Steven C. Veyna
  • Publication number: 20030009795
    Abstract: This invention is a new and distinct cultivar of pear tree. The tree is a seedling of unknown parentage discovered in 1969 in Cambridge City, Ind., and has been named “Cambridge”. Compared to other ornamental pears, the tree has a highly acute lateral branching structure, forming an upright, pyramidal shape. The new variety forms larger diameter lateral branches early. Its characteristics provide a strong branching structure that is resistant to damage under conditions of icing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Rodney G. Brower, William C. Brower
  • Patent number: PP15299
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of a flowering pear tree named ‘Veyna Flowering Pear’ which can be readily distinguished from other ornamental flowering pear trees, i.e. ‘Bradford’ or ‘Aristocrat’ cultivars of Pyrus calleryana, in that this new invention has brighter foliage and larger leaves than the two above-mentioned cultivars, is less pyramidal in form, and produces a brighter and more intense shade of red three weeks later. This new variety is well suited as an attractive ornamental for landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Inventors: Sixto C. Veyna, Steven C. Veyna
  • Patent number: PP26539
    Abstract: ‘NCPX1’ is a new cultivar of hybrid flowering pear with a narrow fastigiated habit, red to purple flower buds opening with white flower petals and a high level of resistance to fire blight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventor: Thomas G. Ranney
  • Patent number: PP30788
    Abstract: ‘NCPX2’ is a new triploid, interspecific hybrid flowering pear with a broadly pyramidal habit, white flowers, multi-coloured fall foliage, resistance to fire blight, and significantly reduced fertility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Thomas G. Ranney