ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,700, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X03T047" was invented by Collin Lamkey (Mankato, Minn.) and Jordon Michael Pace (Brookings, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X03T047 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 X03T047 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03T047 through backcrossing or genetic transformati...