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US Plant Patent PP11959

Katie

Camptotheca lowreyana tree named ‘Katie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 14, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP11959
Filed
April 14, 1999
Granted
June 26, 2001
Expires
April 14, 2019
Inventor
LI SHIYOU

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Camptotheca lowreyana tree named ‘Katie’, characterized by its freely and vigorously branching; dense and full plant habit; small leaf size; lanceolate to elliptic leaf shape; leaves from both juvenile and mature trees with entire leaf margins; lower temperature and drought tolerance; and high yield of anti-cancer camptothecin in leaves.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11959 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.