ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,013, issued on April 29, was assigned to Yangzhou University (Yangzhou, China).

"Processing method for increasing seed production rate of seed fruits of Cucumis sativus L" was invented by Xiaodong Yang (Yangzhou, China), Yizhuo Deng (Yangzhou, China), Lili Zhang (Yangzhou, China), Lei Qiu (Yangzhou, China), Jieni Gu (Yangzhou, China) and Xuehao Chen (Yangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a processing method for increasing seed production rate of seed fruits of Cucumis sativus L., comprising the following steps: (1) preparing a plant growth regulator according to a formula proportion; (2) selec...