ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,810, issued on June 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize inbred 1PKLM54" was invented by Leonardus Johannes Maria Hendrickx (Morden, Canada) and Matthew David Walch (Moorhead, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PKLM54 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PKLM54 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PKLM54 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to t...