ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,876, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X18T234" was invented by Nicholas Adam Crowley (Evansville, Ind.), Charles Thomas Cunnyngham (Tipton, Ind.), Mark David Hoffbeck (Macomb, Ill.), Zachary Glen Jones (Fishers, Ind.), Katherine Lisko Madden (Dyersburg, Tenn.), Leah Viesselmann Stirling (Spring Valley, Ill.), Adam Kyle Thurston (Haubstadt, Ind.) and Nathan Joel Vanopdorp (Mount Carmel, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X18T234 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for prod...