ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,311, issued on May 27, was assigned to Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Variety corn line HAF4600" was invented by Duane Paul Wolf (Stanton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated HAF4600, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line HAF4600 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line HAF4600, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line HAF4600, and plants produced according to these methods."

The pate...