ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,147, issued on April 8, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PTBJ78" was invented by Martin Arbelbide (Eau Claire, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PTBJ78 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PTBJ78 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PTBJ78 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are...