ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,287, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X96T031" was invented by Martin A. Fabrizius (Willmar, Minn.) and Christopher Michael Schaefer (Volga, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X96T031 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 X96T031 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X96T031 through backcrossing or genetic...