ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,655, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X04T049" was invented by Ken Alan Mayberry (Lodi, Wis.) and Eric Scott Riedeman (Alton, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X04T049 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 X04T049 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X04T049 through backcrossing or genetic transformation...