ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,739, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds LLC (St. Louis).

"Pepper hybrid SVPB9313 and parents thereof" was invented by William Mccarthy (Woodland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPB9313, pepper line SBR-E719-1025, and pepper line SBR-E719-1021. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPB9313, pepper line SBR-E719-1025, and pepper line SBR-E719-1021 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant o...