IP Library Granted Patent US 12,622,387
Granted Patent B2
US 12,622,387 · App. 18/397,154 · Granted May 12, 2026

Plants and seeds of corn variety CV960136

Inventors: Scott A. Bergemann (Northfield, MN); Mark J. Brinkman (Omaha, NE); Todd E. Frank (Olivia, MN); Zachary King (Northfield, MN); Wade E. Odland (St. Charles, MO); Nathaniel J. Page (Madison, WI)
Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
A01H6/4684A01H5/10
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Patent No.
US 12,622,387
App. No.
18/397,154
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the disclosure, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV960136. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CV960136, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV960136 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The disclosure further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV960136 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The disclosure further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV960136.

Claims (24)

1 . A plant of corn variety CV960136, wherein representative seeds of corn variety CV960136 have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202306049.

2 . A plant part of the plant of claim 1 , wherein the plant part comprises a cell of the plant.

3 . The plant part of claim 2 , further defined as pollen, an ovule, or a cell.

4 . A seed of corn variety CV960136, wherein representative seeds of corn variety CV960136 have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202306049.

5 . A seed of corn variety CV960136, further comprising a transgene, wherein said transgene was introduced into corn variety CV960136 by backcrossing or genetic transformation, wherein representative seeds of corn variety CV960136 have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202306049, and wherein a plant grown from said seed comprises said transgene and otherwise comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of corn variety CV960136 when grown under the same environmental conditions.

6 . A composition comprising the seed of claim 4 in plant seed growth media.

7 . The composition of claim 6 , wherein the plant seed growth media is soil or a synthetic cultivation medium.

8 . An F 1 hybrid seed produced by crossing the plant according to claim 1 with a second, distinct corn plant.

9 . An F 1 hybrid seed produced by growing a plant from the seed of claim 5 and crossing said plant with a second, distinct corn plant.

10 . An F 1 hybrid plant grown from the seed of claim 8 .

11 . A plant of corn variety CV960136 further comprising a single locus conversion, wherein representative seeds of corn variety CV960136 have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202306049, and wherein said plant comprises all the morphological and physiological characteristics of corn variety CV960136.

12 . The plant of claim 11 , wherein the single locus conversion comprises a transgene.

13 . A seed that produces the plant of claim 11 .

14 . The seed of claim 13 , wherein the single locus conversion comprises a nucleic acid sequence that enables site-specific genetic recombination or confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, and modified carbohydrate metabolism.

15 . The seed of claim 14 , wherein said single locus conversion that confers herbicide tolerance confers tolerance to benzonitrile herbicides, cyclohexanedione herbicides, imidazolinone herbicides, phenoxy herbicides, sulfonylurea herbicides, triazine herbicides, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase-inhibiting herbicides, 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase-inhibiting herbicides, acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides, protoporphyrinogen oxidase-inhibiting herbicides, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, bromoxynil, dicamba, glufosinate, glyphosate, nicosulfuron, or quizalofop-p-ethyl.

16 . A method of producing a progeny corn plant derived from corn variety CV960136, said method comprising applying plant breeding techniques to the plant of claim 1 or an F 1 hybrid thereof to yield said progeny corn plant.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein said plant breeding techniques comprise backcrossing, marker assisted breeding, genomic selection, pedigree breeding, selfing, outcrossing, haploid production, doubled haploid production, or transformation.

18 . The method of claim 16 , further defined as comprising:

(a) selfing the plant of corn variety CV960136 or an F 1 hybrid thereof or crossing said plant of corn variety CV960136 or F 1 hybrid thereof with a different plant,

to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation;

(b) growing a progeny plant of a subsequent generation from the seed of the progeny plant of a subsequent generation; and

(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) with sufficient inbreeding to produce an inbred corn plant derived from corn variety CV960136.

19 . A method of producing a commodity plant product, said method comprising producing the commodity plant product from the plant of claim 10 .

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein said commodity plant product is grain, starch, seed oil, corn syrup, or protein.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2025
From: BERGEMANN, SCOTT; BRINKMAN, MARK J.; FRANK, TODD E.; KING, ZACHARY; ODLAND, WADE E.; PAGE, NATHANIEL J.
To: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250212790A1 · Jul 3, 2025
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