ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,652, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X00T036" was invented by Thomas Craig Kevern (Milton, Wis.), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada), Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.) and Benoit Revol (Vezin le Coquet, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X00T036 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 X00T036 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic materi...