ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,693, issued on March 25, was assigned to AGRIGENETICS INC. (Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X03V401" was invented by Daniel J Martinelli (Columbus, Wis.) and Nathan Joel Vanopdorp (Mount Carmel, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X03V401 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 X03V401 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03V401 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to t...