ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,820, issued on June 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PURH57" was invented by Mark David Hoffbeck (Macomb, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PURH57 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PURH57 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PURH57 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are pr...