US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 21 for "Asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,277, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78" was invented by Mikeal Levi Roose (Riverside, Calif.) and Neil Kai Stone (Riverside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the novel asparagus cultivar designated MM4.256.78. Provided by the disclosure are the plants, plant parts, and derivatives of the asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78. Also provided by the disclosure are methods of using the asparagus cultivar MM4.256.78 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the disclosure are methods for producing asparagus...