ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,959, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010379" 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 CH010379. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010379, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010379 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention furt...