ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,909, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X00V021" was invented by Kelvin Grandy Grant (Alma, Mich.), Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.), Juan Ignacio Rey (East Lansing, Mich.) and Dina Elijah Severns (Dewitt, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X00V021 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 X00V021 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material...