ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,486, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HM.CLAUSE INC. (Davis, Calif.).

"Hybrid squash plant named salute" was invented by Sarah Smith (Davis, Calif.).

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

The patent was filed on Feb. 27, 2024, under Application No. 18/588,095.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, plea...