ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,232, issued on April 15, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).

"Tomato hybrid SVTM9038 and parents thereof" was invented by Chad Kramer (Winters, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM9038, tomato line PSQ-9Z19-9220, and tomato line PSQ-9Z20-9257. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9038, tomato line PSQ-9Z19-9220, and tomato line PSQ-9Z20-9257 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of anoth...