ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,516, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Plants and seeds of corn variety CV945851" was invented by Clinton J. Turnbull (Thayer, Neb.).

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 CV945851. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV945851, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV945851 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 cros...