US Patent Issued to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL on Jan. 13 for "Hybrid tomato variety 72-MP0031 RZ" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,810, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (De Lier, Netherlands).

"Hybrid tomato variety 72-MP0031 RZ" was invented by Johan Cornelis Solleveld (De Lier, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-MP0031 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-MP0031 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-MP0031 RZ."

The patent was filed on Aug. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/455,317.

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