Patents
US 7534940 B1: Lactuca sativa cultivar heartbreaker
- Granted
- 2009-05-19
- Filed
- 2008-01-30 application 12022554
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A novel romaine lettuce cultivar, designated Heartbreaker, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Heartbreaker, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Heartbreaker and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Heartbreaker with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars derived from the cultivar Heartbreaker.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg090519.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL VALLEY SEEDS, INC. 13 patents | US company or organization | Salinas, CA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony M. Avila | Salinas, CA | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Adolfo S. Mederos | Salinas, CA | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A01H | New plants or ; non-transgenic; processes for obtaining them; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques | A01H6/1472 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-03-06 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MEDEROS, ADOLFO S. signed 2008-02-28 AVILA, TONY M. signed 2008-02-29 | CENTRAL VALLEY SEEDS, INC. SALINAS, CA | 20611/310 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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