US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Dec. 2 for "Maize hybrid X04T050" (Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,521, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X04T050" was invented by Martin A. Fabrizius (Willmar, Minn.), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Thomas Craig Kevern (Milton, Wis.), Collin Lamkey (Mankato, Minn.), Ken Alan Mayberry (Lodi, Wis.), Jordon Michael Pace (Brookings, S.D.), Eric Scott Riedeman (Alton, Iowa) and Christopher Michael Schaefer (Volga, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X04T050 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybri...