ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,842, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INCS. (St. Louis).

"Melon hybrid SVMF7843 and parents thereof" was invented by Jeffrey M. Mills (Woodland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SVMF7843, melon line CAN-DV17-4440 PF, and melon line HAR-DV13-4151AN. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SVMF7843, melon line CAN-DV17-4440 PF, melon line HAR-DV13-4151AN and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genoty...