US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Aug. 12 for "Maize hybrid X18V366" (Florida, Iowa, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,910, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X18V366" was invented by Brian M Anderson (Granger, Iowa), Erik Andrew Durden (Washington, N.C.), Mark Jacob Gadlage (Dyersburg, Tenn.), Gary Gray Hooks (Troy, Tenn.), Jill Renee Lennon (Tallahassee, Fla.), Katherine Lisko Madden (Dyersburg, Tenn.), Jason Michael Prothro (Thomasville, Ga.) and Steven Tyler Thornton (Leland, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X18V366 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by c...