US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Dec. 2 for "Maize hybrid X13V100" (Iowa, Florida, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,507, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X13V100" was invented by Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, Iowa), Russell Fox (Stuart, Iowa), Joann E Harren (Algona, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Arturo Jason Morales (Ankeny, Iowa), Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa), David Kyle Whitmire (Tallahassee, Fla.) and William Ellsworth Wyant III (Madrid, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maize variety designated X13V100 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred...