US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on April 14 for "Transgenic maize event MON 87427" (Missouri, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,983, issued on April 14, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Transgenic maize event MON 87427" was invented by Paul C. C. Feng (Creve Coeur, Mo.), Agustin E. Fonseca (St. Louis), Carl W. Garnaat (Eureka, Mo.), Oscar Heredia (High Hill, Mo.), Jintai Huang (Chesterfield, Mo.), Rebecca A. Kelly (South Kingstown, R.I.), Youlin Qi (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Martin A. Stoecker (Wentzville, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides transgenic maize event MON 87427 and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products derived from event MON 87427. The invention also provides nucleotides specific ...