ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,673, issued on April 1, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred PH4H09" was invented by Santos Gonzalez (Los Mochis, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated PH4H09 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4H09 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4H09 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are pr...