US Patent Issued to KWS VEGETABLES on June 17 for "Garden bean variety 'sanford'" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,118, issued on June 17, was assigned to KWS VEGETABLES B.V. (Gelderland, Netherlands).

"Garden bean variety 'sanford'" was invented by Gerthon Van De Bunt (Andijk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated 'Sanford' is provided. Garden bean variety 'Sanford' is characterized by its dark green pods in mainly the 4 sieve class, heat tolerance, strong, erect and vigorous plant habit, and resistance to Colletotrichum lindemuthiunum (Anthracnose) and resistance to many races of Uromyces appendiculatus (Rust)."

The patent was filed on Oct. 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/...