ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,386, issued on June 10, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X00V048" was invented by Michael Adam Chandler (Stoughton, Wis.), Eric Scott Riedeman (Alton, Iowa) and Julia Xiuling Zhang (Mankato, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X00V048 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 X00V048 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00V048...