ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,634, issued on July 7, was assigned to Ball Horticultural Co. (West Chicago, Ill.).

"Lantana camara cultivar 'Ballanpaf'" was invented by Scott C. Trees (Arroyo Grande, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides plants of the Lantana camara cultivar designated 'Ballanpaf'. The invention thus relates to the plants, cells, plant parts, and tissue cultures of the cultivar 'Ballanpaf', and to methods for producing a Lantana camara plant produced by crossing a Lantana camara plant of cultivar 'Ballanpaf' with another lantana plant, such as a plant of another cultivar. The invention further relates to Lantana camara seeds ...