US Patent Issued to Kansas State University Research Foundation, Heartland Plant Innovations on Oct. 20 for "Wheat variety KS12D03-1" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,489, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.) and Heartland Plant Innovations Inc. (Manhattan, Kan.).

"Wheat variety KS12D03-1" was invented by Andrew Auld (Manhattan, Kan.), Allan K. Fritz (Manhattan, Kan.), Shaun Winnie (Manhattan, Kan.), Angela Matthews (Manhattan, Kan.), Lucas Haag (Colby, Kan.) and Dusti Gallagher (Manhattan, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheat variety designated KS12D03-1 is disclosed, including plants and seeds thereof. KS12D03-1 is a durum wheat variety with a winter growth habit making it suitable for production in western Kansas and the High Pl...