ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,821, issued on April 21, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X96T029" was invented by Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada), Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.) and Benoit Revol (Vezin le Coquet, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X96T029 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X96T029 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed...