ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,609, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).
"Brilliant white cauliflower" was invented by Meinardus Petrus Boon (Scharwoude, Netherlands), Franciscus van den Bosch (Kesteren, Netherlands) and Gerard Koorevaar (Ede, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes cauliflowers with enhanced whiteness and methods for obtaining such cauliflowers. The present invention also provides reagents that can be used in methods for obtaining such cauliflowers."
The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/493,242.
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