ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,841, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X06T066" was invented by Brian M. Anderson (Granger, Iowa) and Ryan Thorson (Story City, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X06T066 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 X06T066 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X06T066 through backcrossing or genetic transformatio...