US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on Nov. 11 for "Maize event MON87429 and methods of use thereof" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,060, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Maize event MON87429 and methods of use thereof" was invented by Christine M. Ellis (Manchester, Mo.), Michael E. Goley (St. Charles, Mo.), Jintai Huang (Chesterfield, Mo.), Tracy E. Klingaman (St. Charles, Mo.), Clayton T. Larue (Chesterfield, Mo.), Youlin Qi (Chesterfield, Mo.), Oscar C. Sparks (Florissant, Mo.), Brook M. Van Scoyoc (O'Fallon, Mo.) and Heping Yang (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules that are unique to maize event MON87429 and transgenic maize plants, maize plant parts, maize s...