US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Jan. 20 for "Maize hybrid X12T102" (Iowa, Florida, South Dakota, Illinois, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,279, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X12T102" was invented by Mario Rosario Carlone Jr. (Princeton, Ill.), Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, 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 (Milbank, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X12T102 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are ...