ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,540, issued on June 9, was assigned to RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (De Lier, Netherlands).

"Hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0360 RZ" was invented by Antonio Coniglio (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-CH0360 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-CH0360 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar that is represented by the tomato variety designated 72-CH0360 RZ."

The patent was filed on Sept. 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/468,110.

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