Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010459

Christian J. Buffard, Jefferson, CO (US); Fufa H. Birru, Willmar, MN (US); Pragya Adhikari, Ankeny, IA (US); Rafael A. Mateo, Sun Prairie, WI (US); Silvano Assanga Ocheya, Farmington, MN (US)

USPTO: us-12622391 · published 2026-05-12 · patents · A01H 6/4684· A01H 1/00· A01H 5/10

Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010459

Pragya Adhikari, Ankeny, IA (US) , Fufa H. Birru, Willmar, MN (US) , Christian J. Buffard, Jefferson, CO (US) , Rafael A. Mateo, Sun Prairie, WI (US) , Silvano Assanga Ocheya, Farmington, MN (US) This is my paper

Pith reviewed 2026-05-16 21:01 UTC · model grok-4.3

classification patents A01H 6/4684A01H 1/00A01H 5/10

keywords hybrid cornCH010459corn varietyinbred linesseed depositplant patentCV874402CV962284

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The pith

Hybrid corn variety CH010459 is produced by crossing the deposited parent lines CV874402 and CV962284.

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

This patent document registers a new hybrid corn variety named CH010459. The variety is defined by the specific cross between two inbred parent lines, CV874402 and CV962284, for which seeds have been deposited in a recognized repository under given accession numbers. A reader would care because the registration provides legal protection and a reproducible method for generating seed of this hybrid for agricultural use. The deposits of the parents serve as the reference point that allows anyone to recreate the same hybrid cross.

Core claim

The central claim is that a seed of hybrid corn variety CH010459 is obtained by crossing a first plant of variety CV874402 with a second plant of variety CV962284, where representative seeds of the two parent varieties are deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206090 and NCMA Accession No. 202306062 respectively.

What carries the argument

The defined cross between the two deposited inbred corn lines CV874402 and CV962284 that generates the hybrid CH010459.

If this is right

Seed of CH010459 can be produced at commercial scale by repeating the specified parental cross using the deposited lines.
The hybrid variety becomes available for planting and further breeding under the protection of the patent registration.
Any agronomic traits carried by CH010459 can be deployed in corn production systems through use of this registered seed.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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

Breeders can now use the deposited parents to generate new hybrids that incorporate CH010459 as one parent.
The registration creates a public reference point that later studies could use to compare performance of CH010459 against other commercial hybrids under identical field conditions.

Load-bearing premise

The two deposited parent lines are genetically stable, remain distinct, and will reliably produce offspring that exhibit the traits claimed for the hybrid variety CH010459.

What would settle it

Grow plants from seed produced by crossing the deposited accessions of CV874402 and CV962284 and determine whether the resulting plants match the agronomic description and performance profile stated for CH010459.

read the original abstract

1 . A seed of hybrid corn variety CH010459, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV874402 with a second plant of variety CV962284, wherein representative seeds of said varieties CV874402 and CV962284 are deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206090 and NCMA Accession No. 202306062, 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

Routine plant-variety patent that simply registers one new corn hybrid cross with public deposits; nothing scientifically novel or data-driven.

read the letter

This document registers hybrid corn variety CH010459 as the cross of two deposited inbred lines, CV874402 and CV962284, under NCMA accession numbers. That is the entire central claim. The specific name and parental combination are new to the record, and the public deposits make the lines available for verification or further breeding work. That is the useful part: anyone can order the parents and recreate the hybrid if they need it for research or commercial licensing. Beyond the registration statement itself there is no performance data, no yield trials, no uniformity or stability measurements, and no genetic or molecular characterization. The text treats the deposits as sufficient proof of distinctness and reproducibility, which is standard for this type of patent but leaves the agronomic value unshown. The method is ordinary single-cross hybrid production already described in decades of prior art. No equations, models, or statistical claims exist that could be checked for internal consistency. The work is therefore sound on its own narrow factual terms but carries no broader scientific weight. It is aimed at seed companies or plant breeders who might want to license or reference this exact variety; a general scientific reader will find nothing to cite or build on. I would not send it for peer review in any research journal. It belongs in the patent or plant-variety protection system, not the scientific literature.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript is a plant-variety patent that claims a seed of hybrid corn variety CH010459 produced by crossing a first plant of inbred variety CV874402 with a second plant of inbred variety CV962284, with representative seeds of the parental lines deposited under NCMA Accession Nos. 202206090 and 202306062, respectively.

Significance. The registration provides legal protection for a specific corn hybrid whose reproducibility is delegated to the public deposits; agricultural utility depends on unstated performance traits that are outside the scope of the filing itself.

minor comments (1)

[Abstract / Claim 1] The single claim is presented without supporting phenotypic, genotypic, or uniformity data; consider adding a brief table of representative agronomic descriptors if the journal format permits.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for reviewing the manuscript and for the recommendation to accept. The filing is a standard plant-variety patent whose scope is limited to the deposited parental lines and the resulting hybrid seed; no performance data are required or claimed.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity

full rationale

The document is a plant-variety patent whose central claim is a factual registration of hybrid CH010459 via parental lines CV874402 and CV962284 and their NCMA deposits. There are no equations, derivations, predictions, fitted parameters, or self-citation chains. The claim is a direct statement of a biological cross and public deposit; reproducibility is delegated to the external deposits rather than any internal model or reduction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

No free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are required; the document is a registration statement rather than a theoretical or empirical derivation.

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A seed of hybrid corn variety CH010459, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV874402 with a second plant of variety CV962284, wherein representative seeds of said varieties CV874402 and CV962284 are deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206090 and NCMA Accession No. 202306062, respectively.

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