ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,060, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Genes, constructs and maize event DP-202216-6" was invented by Heather Marie Christensen (Ankeny, Iowa), Nathan David Coles (Johnston, Iowa), Olga Danilevskaya (Middleton, Wis.), Jeffrey Habben (Urbandale, Iowa), Mary A Rupe (Altoona, Iowa), Jeffrey R Schussler (Marion, Iowa), Bo Shen (Johnston, Iowa), Benjamin P Weers (Polk City, Iowa) and Jingrui Wu (Johnston, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compositions and methods disclosed relate to DNA compositions, plant cells, seeds, plant parts that relate to maize plants with increased grai...