ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,179, issued on April 8, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).

"Tomato hybrid DRTH2911 and parents thereof" was invented by Alan Krivanek (Woodland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid DRTH2911, tomato line FIR-A819-0704, and tomato line FDR-A819-0612. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DRTH2911, tomato line FIR-A819-0704, and tomato line FDR-A819-0612 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 an...