ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,829, issued on April 21, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010544" was invented by Sandeep Bhatnagar (Evansville, Ind.), Douglas Eudy (Affton, Mo.), Gregory J. Holland (Troy, Ohio), Maria Mateos-Hernandez (Taylorville, Ill.), Sarah McNeil (Manhattan, Kan.), Samuel Prather (Williamsburg, Iowa) and Khusi R. Tiwari (Madison, Miss.).

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 CH010544. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CH010544, and to meth...