ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,782, issued on July 14, was assigned to Ball Horticultural Co. (West Chicago, Ill.).
"Basil cultivar 'PAS1713599'" was invented by James R. Irvine Jr. (Batavia, Ill.) and Jhamna Magsig Castillo (San Jose, Costa Rica).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides plants of the basil cultivar designated 'PAS1713599'. The invention thus relates to the plants, cells, plant parts, and tissue cultures of the cultivar 'PAS1713599', and to methods for producing a basil plant produced by crossing a basil plant of cultivar 'PAS1713599' with another basil plant, such as a plant of another cultivar. The invention further relates to basil ...