ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,528, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PPGK72" was invented by Johann Fangl (Andau, Austria) and Leonardus Johannes Maria Hendrickx (Morden, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PPGK72 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PPGK72 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PPGK72 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, p...