ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,776, issued on July 14, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010515" was invented by Scott A. Bergemann (Northfield, Minn.), Marvin L. Boerboom (Alexandria, 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 hybrid corn variety designated CH010515. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CH010515, and to metho...