ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,513, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X00T034" was invented by Jordon Michael Pace (Brookings, S.D.) and Ryan Thorson (Story City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X00T034 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 X00T034 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00T034 through backcrossing or genetic transformat...