ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,405, issued on May 12, was assigned to HM.CLAUSE INC. (Davis, Calif.).

"Hybrid pepper plant named CAPTAIN" was invented by Ariadna Monroy (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid pepper plant designated CAPTAIN is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of pepper hybrid CAPTAIN, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid pepper CAPTAIN, and to methods for producing a pepper plant by crossing the hybrid pepper CAPTAIN with itself or another pepper plant."

The patent was filed on Nov. 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/513,959.

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