ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,819, issued on June 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PUGY56" was invented by Leah Viesselmann Stirling (Spring Valley, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PUGY56 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PUGY56 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PUGY56 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced t...