US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Jan. 27 for "Maize hybrid X07T069" (Iowa, Florida, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,842, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X07T069" was invented by Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, Iowa), Ronald J. Haarmann (York, Neb.), Joann E. Harren (Algona, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Andrew Arnold Hopkins (Garden City, Kan.), Travis J. Lee (Hanston, Kan.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Arturo Jason Morales (Ankeny, Iowa), Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa), Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.), David Kyle Whitmire (Tallahassee, Fla.) and William Ellsworth Wyant III (Milbank, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tr...