ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,079, issued on April 14, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010446" was invented by Pragya Adhikari (Ankeny, Iowa), Christian J. Buffard (Jefferson, Colo.), Douglas Eudy (Affton, Mo.), Rafael A. Mateo (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Maria Mateos-Hernandez (Taylorville, Ill.), Sarah McNeil (Manhattan, Kan.) and Samuel Prather (Williamsburg, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the disclosure, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010446. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CH010446, and to...