ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,393, issued on June 10, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).
"Plants and seeds of corn variety CV553499" was invented by Khusi R. Tiwari (Madison, Miss.).
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 CV553499. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV553499, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV553499 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossi...