ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,430, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Potato cultivar FL 2505" was invented by Robert W. Hoopes (Rhinelander, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A potato cultivar designated FL 2505 is disclosed. The invention relates to tubers of potato cultivar FL 2505, to seeds of potato cultivar FL 2505, to plants and plant parts of potato cultivar FL 2505, to food products produced from potato cultivar FL 2505, and to methods for producing a potato plant by crossing potato cultivar FL 2505 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a transgenic ...