ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,887, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Sorghum hybrid YS9230" was invented by Heber Sebastian Aquino (McAllen, Texas) and Cleve Douglas Franks (Canyon, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel sorghum variety designated YS9230 and seed, plants, plant parts and plant cells thereof are produced from a cross of inbred sorghum varieties. Methods for producing a sorghum plant comprise crossing hybrid sorghum variety YS9230 with another sorghum plant. Sorghum variety YS9230, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of sorghum variety ...