ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,837, issued on June 3, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010360" was invented by Rafael A. Mateo (London, Canada) and Richard G. Stelpflug (Cassville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010360. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010360, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010360 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention furt...