Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010466

Judd J. Maxwell, Sycamore, IL (US); Laron L. Peters, Gothenburg, NE (US); Mark J. Brinkman, Omaha, NE (US); Scott C. Stelpflug, Ankeny, IA (US); Thomas B. Carlson, Ellicott City, MO (US)

USPTO: us-12622386 · published 2026-05-12 · patents · A01H 6/4684· A01H 5/10

Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010466

Mark J. Brinkman, Omaha, NE (US) , Thomas B. Carlson, Ellicott City, MO (US) , Judd J. Maxwell, Sycamore, IL (US) , Laron L. Peters, Gothenburg, NE (US) , Scott C. Stelpflug, Ankeny, IA (US) This is my paper

Pith reviewed 2026-05-16 18:31 UTC · model grok-4.3

classification patents A01H 6/4684A01H 5/10

keywords hybrid cornmaize seedplant varietycorn hybridseed depositparental cross

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The pith

Hybrid corn variety CH010466 is defined by seed produced from crossing parent lines CV951892 and CV546108 using specifically deposited accessions.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper establishes a new hybrid corn variety called CH010466 through the controlled cross of two named parent varieties. Representative seeds of each parent are placed in public depositories under accession numbers 202306064 and 202206038, fixing the genetic starting material. A sympathetic reader would see this as a concrete way to secure exclusive rights to reproduce plants that grow from those exact crosses. The claim matters because it allows consistent commercial production of the hybrid once the deposited lines are available to licensees.

Core claim

A seed of hybrid corn variety CH010466 produced by crossing a plant of variety CV951892 with a plant of variety CV546108, where the parent varieties are represented by seeds deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202306064 and NCMA Accession No. 202206038.

What carries the argument

The specific cross between deposited seed lots of CV951892 and CV546108 that generates the hybrid seed lot CH010466.

If this is right

Seed companies can reproduce CH010466 by obtaining the deposited parent lines and repeating the cross.
Farmers gain access to a uniform hybrid seed lot whose genetics are anchored to the public deposits.
The patent protects the exact parent combination, limiting unauthorized commercial use of that cross.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

Other breeders could test whether alternative parent lines produce equivalent hybrids without infringing the deposit-based claim.
The deposit system creates a reproducible reference point for future variety comparisons or regulatory registration.
If the hybrid shows useful agronomic traits, the deposits enable independent verification or improvement programs.

Load-bearing premise

The deposited seed lots accurately represent the stated parent varieties and will reliably produce offspring meeting the hybrid description when crossed.

What would settle it

Grow plants from the deposited parent seeds, perform the stated cross, and check whether the resulting seed produces plants that match any official varietal description or performance data filed for CH010466.

read the original abstract

1 . A seed of hybrid corn variety CH010466, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV951892 with a second plant of variety CV546108, wherein representative seeds of said varieties CV951892 and CV546108 are deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202306064 and NCMA Accession No. 202206038, respectively.

Editorial analysis

A structured set of objections, weighed in public.

Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

This is a routine plant-variety patent that registers one new corn hybrid by parentage and public seed deposits, with nothing else to evaluate.

read the letter

The document defines hybrid corn variety CH010466 as the cross of inbreds CV951892 and CV546108, backed by NCMA deposits 202306064 and 202206038. That specific combination and the accession numbers are new; the underlying crossing technique is not. The filing does what these patents are meant to do: it creates a clear, externally verifiable legal identity for the seed lot without needing performance tables or statistical claims inside the text itself. The deposits serve as the reference standard, which is the standard mechanism in this domain and removes any internal circularity. No equations, fitted parameters, or experimental results appear, so there is nothing to falsify from the document alone. The only external assumption is that the deposited seed truly matches the named parents and will produce consistent progeny, but that step lies outside the text and is handled by the seed bank. For a plant breeder or seed company tracking available germplasm, the filing supplies a usable new accession. For anyone looking for agronomic data, breeding methods, or comparative trials, it supplies none. The work is internally coherent on its own narrow legal terms. It does not rise to the level of a scientific manuscript that would benefit from journal peer review; it belongs in the patent record instead.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript claims a new hybrid corn variety CH010466 produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV951892 with a second plant of variety CV546108, with representative seeds of the parent varieties deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202306064 and NCMA Accession No. 202206038, respectively.

Significance. If the deposits are verified, the claim establishes a legally protected hybrid variety that can be used in commercial seed production and breeding programs. The contribution is incremental and standard for plant-variety protection rather than a novel scientific result.

minor comments (1)

The single claim is presented without any accompanying description of morphological, agronomic, or molecular characteristics that distinguish CH010466 from other hybrids; adding a brief table of typical traits would improve clarity for readers.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for reviewing the manuscript and for the recommendation to accept. The report correctly summarizes the core claim regarding hybrid corn variety CH010466 and the associated seed deposits.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity detected

full rationale

The document is a plant-variety patent whose sole load-bearing claim defines hybrid CH010466 strictly by explicit parentage (CV951892 × CV546108) plus external public seed deposits (NCMA accessions 202306064 and 202206038). No equations, fitted parameters, predictions, ansatzes, or derivation chain exist inside the text; identity is established by reference to independently verifiable deposited material rather than by any self-referential construction. The reader's weakest-assumption note correctly isolates an external verification step that lies outside the document and cannot create internal circularity.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The document is a legal definition resting on seed deposits rather than scientific axioms or fitted parameters.

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Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010466

Core claim

What carries the argument

If this is right

Where Pith is reading between the lines

Load-bearing premise

What would settle it

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