ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,318, issued on April 22, was assigned to Norfolk Plant Sciences Ltd. (Norwich, Great Britain).
"Tomato plants comprising transgenic event Del/Ros1-N" was invented by Catherine Rosemary Martin (Norwich, Great Britain) and Eugenio Butelli (Norwich, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seed and plants of tomato comprising transgenic event Del/Ros1-N and progeny thereof comprising this transgenic event and uses of such seeds and plants in the production of tomato fruit and food products made tomato fruit. The invention thus relates to non-hybrid and hybrid plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato compris...