ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,782, issued on July 1, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X95V287" was invented by Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada) and Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X95V287 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 X95V287 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95V287 through backcrossing or geneti...