ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,543, issued on July 29, was assigned to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (De Lier, Netherlands).

"Lettuce variety 79-IN1226 RZ" was invented by Menno van der Zweep (De Lier, Netherlands) and Clement Michel Bernard Morice (De Lier, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-IN1226 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-IN1226 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-IN1226 RZ."

The patent was filed on Dec. 2, 2022, under Applicat...