ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,307, issued on May 13, was assigned to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (De Lier, Netherlands).
"Lettuce variety 41-CO7708 RZ" was invented by Santiago Marin Landaburu (De Lier, Netherlands) and Juan Bautista Paches Giner (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 41-CO7708 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-CO7708 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-CO7708 RZ."
The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 2022, under Applica...