ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,541, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X13V195" was invented by Thomas Craig Kevern (Milton, Wis.), Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.) and David Walter Whitaker (Narvon, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X13V195 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 X13V195 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13...