ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,317, issued on May 13, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PWFK43" was invented by Martin Arbelbide (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Julia Xiuling Zhang (Mankato, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PWFK43 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PWFK43 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PWFK43 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, p...