US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on May 5 for "Plants and seeds of corn variety CV972960" (Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,124, issued on May 5, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of corn variety CV972960" 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 CV972960. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CV972960, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn ...