ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,498, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X04T052" was invented by Travis J. Lee (Hanston, Kan.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X04T052 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 X04T052 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X04T052 through backcrossing or genetic transformat...