US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Dec. 2 for "Maize hybrid X00R821" (Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,511, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X00R821" was invented by Candida Braga Cabral (Mankato, Minn.), Michael Adam Chandler (Stoughton, Wis.), Nicholas James Haanan (Prior Lake, Minn.), Jordon Michael Pace (Brookings, S.D.) and Christopher Michael Schaefer (Volga, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X00R821 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 X00R821 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a m...