ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,534, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc..
"Maize inbred 1PPNV55" was invented by Bruno Albrecht (Castelleone, Italy) and Andrew Jon Ross (Lisbon, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PPNV55 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PPNV55 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PPNV55 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part pr...