US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on June 10 for "Plants and seeds of corn variety CV932686" (Illinois, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,391, issued on June 10, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of corn variety CV932686" was invented by Maria Mateos Hernandez (Taylorville, Ill.) and Michael J. Kovach (Duncansville, Pa.).

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 CV932686. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV932686, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV932686 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further...