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US 12,364,224 · App. 18/592,967 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Lettuce variety ‘paonia’

Inventor: Jonathan Walker Sinclair (Hollister, CA)
Assignee: Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
A01H6/1472A01H5/12
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Patent No.
US 12,364,224
App. No.
18/592,967
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

New lettuce varieties designated ‘Paonia’ and ‘Newcastle’ are described. ‘Paonia’ and ‘Newcastle’ are lettuce varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.

Claims (17)

1. A lettuce seed designated as ‘Paonia’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 44018.

2. A lettuce 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 leaf, or a portion thereof.

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

6. A lettuce plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the lettuce 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 leaf, or a portion thereof.

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

10. An F 1 hybrid lettuce plant having ‘Paonia’ as a parent where ‘Paonia’ 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 lettuce 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 ‘Paonia’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 44018.

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

15. A method of making a lettuce variety designated as ‘Paonia’, said method comprising

selecting seeds from the cross of one ‘Paonia’ plant with another ‘Paonia’ plant, a sample of ‘Paonia’ lettuce seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 44018.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2025
From: SINCLAIR, JONATHAN WALKER
To: ENZA ZADEN RESEARCH USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 070637/0455 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2025
From: ENZA ZADEN RESEARCH USA, INC.
To: ENZA ZADEN BEHEER B.V.
Reel/Frame 070637/0503 →
Continuity (3)
Division 17579407 · Jan 19, 2022
Provisional Application 63139167 · Jan 19, 2021
Related Publication 20240245019A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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