US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Dec. 2 for "Maize hybrid X05T061" (Iowa, Florida, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,524, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X05T061" was invented by Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, Iowa), Ronald J. Haarmann (York, Neb.), Joann E. Harren (Algona, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Travis J. Lee (Hanston, Kan.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Arturo Jason Morales (Ankeny, Iowa), Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa), Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.), David Kyle Whitmire (Tallahassee, Fla.) and William Ellsworth Wyant III (Milbank, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety design...