ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,549, issued on July 29, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of corn variety CV565473" was invented by Thomas B. Carlson (Kelley, Iowa) and Scott C. Stelpflug (Ankeny, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV565473. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV565473, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV565473 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to co...