US Patent Issued to Seminis Vegetable Seeds on May 13 for "Melon with red flesh linked to earliness" (California, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,309, issued on May 13, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).

"Melon with red flesh linked to earliness" was invented by Eleni Bachlava (Fairfield, Calif.) and Andrea K. Knox (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides Cucumis melo inbred line CHA-ZA15-001AN. The present disclosure also provides methods to select, produce, and grow these plants, parts of such plants, and products made from those parts. The disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrid and inbred lines."

The patent was filed on April 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/307,599.

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