ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,221, issued on April 15, was assigned to Seminis Vegetable Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).

"Corn line SHW-6S18-3510GG" was invented by Kendell B Hellewell (Nampa, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides seed and plants of corn line SHW-6S18-3510GG. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn line SHW-6S18-3510GG and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such pla...