US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on July 14 for "Plants and seeds of corn variety CV998054" (Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,774, issued on July 14, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of corn variety CV998054" 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 CV998054. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CV998054, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a c...