US Patent Issued to 21st Century Genetics on July 28 for "Durum wheat variety T17C12D" (North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,536, issued on July 28, was assigned to 21st Century Genetics Corp (West Fargo, N.D.).

"Durum wheat variety T17C12D" was invented by Brant A Baker (Fargo, N.D.), Gregory J Fox (West Fargo, N.D.) and Steven M Fox (West Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A durum wheat variety designated T17C12D, the plants and seeds and plant parts of durum wheat variety T17C12D, methods for producing a durum wheat plant produced by crossing the variety T17C12D with itself or another durum wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety T17C12D with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by bac...