ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,251, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PKLA61" 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 1PKLA61 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PKLA61 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PKLA61 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize s...