ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,528, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X09T078" was invented by Ronald J. Haarmann (York, Neb.), Andrew Arnold Hopkins (Garden City, Kan.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X09T078 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 X09T078 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X09T07...