ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,537, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS INC. (St. Louis).

"Pepper hybrid SVPB6906 and parents thereof" was invented by Brian J. Just (Fort Myers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPB6906, pepper line SBR-8T19-6688, and pepper line SBR-8T18-6608. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPB6906, pepper line SBR-8T19-6688, and pepper line SBR-8T18-6608 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of an...