ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,662, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X97T032" was invented by Michael Adam Chandler (Stoughton, Wis.), Ryan Thorson (Story City, Iowa) and Martin Wieland (Lake Lillian, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X97T032 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 X97T032 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X97T032 t...