ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,205, issued on June 2, was assigned to Pinnacle Seed Inc. (Carmel, Calif.).

"Lettuce variety 'Pioneer'" was invented by Mike Vanoli (Carmel, Calif.) and Michael Koda (Carmel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New lettuce variety designated 'Pioneer' is described. 'Pioneer' exhibits stability and uniformity."

The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/462,294.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=12642205&OS=12642205&RS=12642205

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