ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,220, issued on April 15, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X18V354" was invented by Russell Fox (Stuart, Iowa) and Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X18V354 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 X18V354 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18V354 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, an...