ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,822, issued on April 21, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X96T030" was invented by Martin A. Fabrizius (Willmar, Minn.) and Kelvin Grandy Grant (Alma, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X96T030 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 X96T030 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X96T030 through backcrossing or genetic transf...