ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,625, issued on March 31, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LL (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of corn variety CV990607" was invented by Scott A. Bergemann (Northfield, Minn.), Mark J. Brinkman (Omaha, Neb.), Todd E. Frank (Olivia, Minn.), Zachary King (Northfield, Minn.), Wade E. Odland (St. Charles, Mo.) and Nathaniel J. Page (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the disclosure, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV990607. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CV990607, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a ...