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US Plant Patent PP17587

Katie's Crown

Euphorbia milii plant named ‘Katie's Crown’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 13, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 3, 2025. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17587, the photograph of Katie's Crown printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17587, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP17587
Filed
May 3, 2005
Granted
April 10, 2007
Expires
May 13, 2025
Assignee
PULLING JR JOHN A
Inventor
PULLING JR JOHN A

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Euphorbia milii plant named ‘Katie's Crown’, particularly characterized by its hot pink floral bracts splotched with red color, gradually becoming lighter to an almost cream color splotched with red when aged; very compact and bushy plant form; non-persistent blooms; rigorous growth habit during the spring to autumn months and flowering during the fall, winter and spring.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia milii plant named ‘Katie's Crown’, as illustrated and described herein.

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