ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,654, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X15T118" was invented by Everton Alen Brenner (Evans, Colo.), Ronald J. Haarmann (York, Neb.), Andrew Hopkins (Garden City, Kan.) and Travis J. Lee (Hanston, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X15T118 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 X15T118 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits in...