US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Dec. 2 for "Maize hybrid X04T051" (South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,522, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X04T051" was invented by Collin Lamkey (Mankato, Minn.), Ken Alan Mayberry (Lodi, Wis.), Jordon Michael Pace (Brookings, S.D.) and Eric Scott Riedeman (Alton, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X04T051 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 X04T051 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits int...