ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,815, issued on May 20, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).

"Onion hybrid SVNT4677" was invented by Jeffery Scott Hendricks (Sun Prairie, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seeds and plants of the onion hybrid designated SVNT4677. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of onion hybrid SVNT4677, and to methods for producing an onion plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another onion plant, such as an onion plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relate...