ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,253, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize inbred 1PZUG97" was invented by Russell Fox (Stuart, Iowa) and Andrew Jon Ross (Lisbon, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated 1PZUG97 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PZUG97 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PZUG97 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and pla...