ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,518, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X03T044" was invented by Edwin Michael Grote (Milton, Wis.), Ken Alan Mayberry (Lodi, Wis.) and Emily Combs Ziemke (Mankato, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X03T044 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 X03T044 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03T044 through ba...