# US 8,785,754 B1 · Inbred corn line SLN55 > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,785,754 B1 - Document ID: US8785754B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 13/517,685 - Filed: 2012-06-14 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-28 - Assignees: Agrigenetics, Inc. - Applicants: David H. Meyer - Inventors: David H. Meyer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8785754B1 ## CPC - A01H 6/4684: {Zea mays [maize]} - A01H 5/10: Seeds - A01H: NEW PLANTS OR {NON-TRANSGENIC} PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES ## Abstract An inbred corn line, designated SLN55, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line SLN55, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line SLN55 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line SLN55 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line SLN55, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line SLN55 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Seed of corn inbred line designated SLN55, a representative sample of seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12596. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A part of the seed of claim 1 selected from the group consisting of pericarp, germ and endosperm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The seed of claim 1, further comprising a coating. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A composition comprising the seed of claim 1. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A method for producing corn seed, comprising: (a) planting seed of claim 1 in proximity to itself or to different seed from a same family or line; (b) growing plants from the seed under pollinating conditions; and, (c) harvesting resultant seed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) Corn seed produced by the method of claim 5. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1, 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising pre-treating the seed of claim 1 before performing step (a). ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising treating the growing plants or soil surrounding the growing plants with an agricultural chemical. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A corn plant produced by growing the seed of claim 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A part of the corn plant of claim 9, selected from the group consisting of an intact plant cell, a plant protoplast, an embryo, a pollen, an ovule, a flower, a kernel, a seed, a intact genomic plant DNA, an ear, a cob, a leaf, a husk, a stalk, a root, a root tip, a brace root, a lateral tassel branch, an anther, a tassel, a glume, a tiller and a silk. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) Pollen of the plant of claim 9. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) An ovule of the plant of claim 9. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) A corn plant, or a part thereof, having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the corn plant of claim 9. ### Claim 14 A method for producing a corn plant, comprising: (a) crossing inbred corn plant SLN55, a representative sample of seed of the plant having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12596, with another different corn plant to yield progeny corn seed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the other, different corn plant is an inbred corn plant. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: (b) growing the progeny corn seed from step (a) under self-pollinating or sib-pollinating conditions for about 5 to about 7 generations; and (c) harvesting resultant seed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising selecting plants obtained from growing at least one generation of the progeny corn seed for a desirable trait. ### Claim 18 A method of introducing a desired trait into corn inbred line SLN55 comprising: (a) crossing a plant of inbred corn line SLN55, a representative sample of seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12596 with a plant of another corn line that comprises a desired trait to produce F1 progeny plants; (b) selecting F1 progeny plants that have the desired trait; (c) crossing selected progeny plants with the SLN55 plant to produce backcross progeny plants; (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of corn inbred line SLN55; and (e) performing steps (c) and (d) one or more times in succession to produce the selected or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of corn inbred line SLN55 listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions. ### Claim 19 (depends on 9) A method for producing a hybrid corn seed comprising crossing a first inbred parent corn plant with a second inbred parent corn plant and harvesting resultant hybrid corn seed, wherein the first inbred corn plant or the second inbred corn plant is the corn plant of claim 9. ### Claim 20 (depends on 9) A method for producing a hybrid corn seed, the method comprising: (a) planting the seeds of the corn plant of claim 9 in pollinating proximity to a seed of another, different corn plant; (b) cultivating the seeds into plants that bear flowers; (c) allowing cross pollination to occur between the cultivated plants; and (d) harvesting seeds produced on at least one of the first inbred corn plant or the second inbred corn plant. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method according to claim 20, wherein the SLN55 corn plant is the male parent in step (c). ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method according to claim 20, wherein the SLN55 corn plant is the female parent in step (c). ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) A hybrid corn seed produced by the method according to claim 20. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) A hybrid corn plant, or parts thereof, produced by growing the hybrid corn seed of claim 23.