US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co. on Aug. 11 for "Maize event DP-004114-3 and methods for detection thereof" (Iowa, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,871, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa) and E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Maize event DP-004114-3 and methods for detection thereof" was invented by Clara Maria Alarcon (Altoona, Iowa), Matthew C. Harmon (Urbandale, Iowa), M. Alejandra Pascual (Granger, Iowa), James C. Register III (Ames, Iowa), Christopher J. Scelonge (Ankeny, Iowa), Joshua K. Young (Johnston, Iowa) and Cathy Xiaoyan Zhong (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays ...