ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,519, issued on March 17, was assigned to RiceTec Inc. (Alvin, Texas).
"Rice cultivar RT22J502" was invented by Liping Diao (League City, Texas) and Bishwajit Prasad (League City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the long grain aromatic rice cultivar RT22J502, and methods for producing a rice plant by crossing a rice plant of rice cultivar RT22J502 with itself or with another rice plant, such as a plant of another rice variety or rice hybrid, are disclosed."
The patent was filed on Jan. 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/161,685.
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