ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. PP36,823, issued on July 15, was assigned to Desert King Chile S.A. (Valaparaiso, Chile).
"Quillaja saponaria plant named 'DK-QSCB1348'" was invented by Javier Enrique Gonzalez Castro (Valpariso, Chile), Ingrid Graciela Salgado Valdivia (Valparaiso, Chile) and Leandro Mauricio Padilla Iglesias (Valparaiso, Chile).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct cultivar of Quillaja saponaria Molina plant named 'DK-QSCB1348'. The new variety reliably provides plants producing triterpenic saponins whose fractional content of X-series saponins is higher than 50% on total saponin basis. Plants were obtained by clonal micro-propagation of indivi...