ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,062, issued on March 24, was assigned to RiceTec Inc. (Alvin, Texas).
"Hybrid rice RT23M402" was invented by Bishwajit Prasad (League City, Texas), Liping Diao (League City, Texas), Robert T. Cartwright (League City, Texas) and Roy Jesse Martens (League City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the hybrid rice RT23M402, and methods for producing a rice plant by crossing a rice plant of hybrid rice RT23M402 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 April 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/298,591.
*Fo...