US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on May 5 for "Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010493" (Canadian, American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,133, issued on May 5, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010493" was invented by Jon Popi (London, Canada), Carlos Roman (Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Mexico) and Bradley A. Sockness (Detroit Lakes, Minn.).

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 CH010493. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CH010493, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010493 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a p...