ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,975, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PYKM89" was invented by Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada) and Benoit Revol (Vezin le Coquet, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PYKM89 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PYKM89 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PYKM89 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed,...