ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,219, issued on April 15, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X13R107" was invented by Russell Fox (Stuart, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Goran Srnic (Johnston, Iowa) and Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X13R107 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 X13R107 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for produci...