ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,577, issued on April 22, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X13V059" was invented by Nicholas Adam Crowley (Evansville, Ind.), Charles Thomas Cunnyngham (Tipton, Ind.), Mark David Hoffbeck (Macomb, Ill.), Zachary Glen Jones (Fishers, Ind.), Jill Renee Lennon (Tallahassee, Fla.), Lindsay Marie Spangler (Ephrata, Pa.), Adam Kyle Thurston (Haubstadt, Ind.) and Nathan Joel Vanopdorp (Mount Carmel, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X13V059 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize ...