ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,827, issued on May 20, was assigned to Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Variety corn line MFF6771" was invented by Azzeddine Douiyssi (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated MFF6771, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line MFF6771 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line MFF6771, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line MFF6771, and plants produced according to these methods."

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