ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,104, issued on April 14, was assigned to FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Potato cultivar 'FL 2602'" was invented by Daniel H. Ronis (Saskatoon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A potato cultivar designated 'FL 2602' is disclosed. The invention relates to tubers and seeds of potato cultivar 'FL 2602', to plants of potato 'FL 2602', to the plant parts of potato cultivar 'FL 2602', and to methods for producing progeny of potato cultivar 'FL 2602'. The invention relates to methods for producing a potato plant containing in its genome one or more transgenes and to the transgenic potato plants and plant parts produced b...