ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,423, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PHSZ12" was invented by Julia Xiuling Zhang (Mankato, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PHSZ12 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PHSZ12 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PHSZ12 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are ...