ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,876, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PNGJ44" was invented by Thomas Charles Barker (Drury, Mo.), Candida Braga Cabral (Mankato, Minn.) and Collin Lamkey (Mankato, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PNGJ44 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PNGJ44 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PNGJ44 through backcross conversion and/or transfo...