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US 12,389,846 · App. 17/727,631 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Lettuce variety ‘PS 1525’

Inventors: Mike Vanoli (Carmel, CA); Michael Koda (Yuma, AZ)
Assignee: PINNACLE SEED, INC.
A01H6/1472A01H5/12
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Patent No.
US 12,389,846
App. No.
17/727,631
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

New lettuce variety designated ‘PS 1525’ is described. ‘PS 1525’ exhibits stability and uniformity.

Claims (17)

1. A Lactuca sativa seed designated as ‘PS 1525’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127758.

2. A Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the seed of claim 1 .

3. A plant part from the plant of claim 2 .

4. The plant part of claim 3 , wherein said part is a head, a heart, a leaf, or a portion thereof.

5. The plant part of claim 4 , wherein said part is a head or a heart.

6. A Lactuca sativa plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the Lactuca sativa plant of claim 2 .

7. A plant part from the plant of claim 6 .

8. The plant part of claim 7 , wherein said part is a head, a heart, a leaf, or a portion thereof.

9. The plant part of claim 8 , wherein said part is a head or a heart.

10. An F 1 hybrid Lactuca sativa plant having ‘PS 1525’ as a parent where ‘PS 1525’ is grown from the seed of claim 1 .

11. A pollen grain or an ovule of the plant of claim 2 .

12. A tissue culture of the plant of claim 2 .

13. A Lactuca sativa plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 12 , wherein the plant has all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of a lettuce plant produced by growing seed designated as ‘PS 1525’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127758.

14. A method of making Lactuca sativa seeds, said method comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with another lettuce plant and harvesting seed therefrom.

15. A method of selecting Lactuca sativa , comprising:

a) growing more than one plant from the seed of claim 1 ; and

b) selecting a plant from step a).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: VANOLI, MIKE; KODA, MICHAEL
To: PINNACLE SEED, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63178895 · Apr 23, 2021
Related Publication 20220346338A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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