ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,118, issued on May 5, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010526" was invented by Pragya Adhikari (Ankeny, Mo.), Christian J. Buffard (Jefferson:, Mo.), Douglas Eudy (Affton, Mo.), Rafael A. Mateo (Affton, Mo.), Maria Mateos-Hernandez (Taylorville, Ill.), Sarah McNeil (Manhattan, Kan.) and Samuel Prather (Williamsburg, Iowa).

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 CH010526. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CH010526, and to methods for p...