ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,924, issued on July 15, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X00V010" was invented by Douglas J Barker (Seward, Neb.) and Mario Rosario Carlone Jr. (Princeton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X00V010 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 X00V010 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00V010 through backcrossing or genetic tra...