ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,823, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X02T040" was invented by Eric Scott Riedeman (Alton, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X02T040 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 X02T040 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X02T040 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and ...