US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Jan. 27 for "Maize hybrid X95T028" (Michigan, Wisconsin, South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,853, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X95T028" was invented by Kelvin Grandy Grant (Alma, Mich.), Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.), Juan Ignacio Rey (East Lansing, Mich.) and Christopher Michael Schaefer (Volga, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X95T028 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 X95T028 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic m...