ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,560, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).
"Watermelon line WML-EJ16-2718" was invented by Jerome Bernier (Davis, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seed and plants of watermelon line WML-EJ16-2718. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of watermelon line WML-EJ16-2718 and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another watermelon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates ...