US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on April 14 for "Maize hybrid X12T101" (Iowa, Florida, South Dakota, Missouri, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,078, issued on April 14, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X12T101" was invented by Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, Iowa), Joann E. Harren (Algona, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Arturo Jason Morales (Ankeny, Iowa), Leah Viesselmann Stirling (Spring Valley, Ill.), Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa), David Kyle Whitmire (Tallahassee, Fla.) and William Ellsworth Wyant III (Milbank, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X12T101 and seed, plants and plant parts thereo...