ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,445, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS INC. (St. Louis).

"Tomato hybrid DRTJ4056 and parents thereof" was invented by Bernardus van den Bosch (Zoetermeer, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid DRTJ4056, tomato line FIS-XM17-4473, and tomato line FIR-XM17-4474. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DRTJ4056, tomato line FIS-XM17-4473, and tomato line FIR-XM17-4474 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tom...