ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,400, issued on June 10, was assigned to MAGIC SEED INC (Twin Falls, Idaho).

"Snow pea cultivar esmeralda" was invented by Calvin Ray Lamborn (Twin Falls, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pea cultivar, designated Esmeralda, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of pea cultivar Esmeralda and to methods for producing a pea plant by crossing the cultivar Esmeralda with itself or another pea cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a pea plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic pea plants and plant parts produced by those methods...