ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,072, issued on April 14, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010552" was invented by Magen Eller (Lanesville, Ind.), Maria Mateos-Hernandez (Taylorville, Ill.), Devin Michael Nichols (Rochester, Ill.) and Clinton J. Turnbull (Thayer, Neb.).

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 CH010552. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CH010552, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010552 with its...