ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,244, issued on July 22, was assigned to Forage Genetics International LLC (West Salem, Wis.).

"Alfalfa variety R411M104" was invented by Mark McCaslin (Shoreview, Minn.) and Peter Reisen (Nampa, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated R411M104. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety R411M104. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety R411M104 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety R411M104 wit...