ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,504, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HM.CLAUSE INC. (Davis, Calif.).

"Hot pepper named TECA" was invented by Joseph Patrick Jacobs (Davis, Calif.).

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

The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2024, under Application No. 18/905,279.

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