ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,912, issued on July 15, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred PH4C5Z" was invented by Bruno Albrecht (Castelleone, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated PH4C5Z and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4C5Z with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4C5Z through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are pro...