ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,484, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Lettuce variety muggins" was invented by Hallie Dodson-Swenson (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Muggins and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom."
The patent was filed on Dec. 16, 202...