US Patent Issued to Nunhems on June 9 for "Parthenocarpic watermelon plants" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,530, issued on June 9, was assigned to Nunhems B.V. (Nunhem, Netherlands).

"Parthenocarpic watermelon plants" was invented by Daniel Puglisi (Sant Agata Bolognese, Italy), Alberto Sirizzotti (Sant Agata Bolognese, Italy), Courtney Hu (Davis, Calif.) and Mona Mazaheri (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing watermelon. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and methods for producing seedless watermelon."

The patent was filed on Nov. 2, 2021, under Application No. 18/035,906.

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