US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Jan. 27 for "Maize hybrid X14T116" (Iowa, Florida, South Dakota, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,836, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X14T116" was invented by Brian M. Anderson (Granger, Iowa), 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), Ryan Thorson (Story City, 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 X14T116 and seed, plants and p...