ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,476, issued on June 24, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X00V009" was invented by Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.) and Steve J Plehn (Rhinelander, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X00V009 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 X00V009 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00V009 through backcrossing or genetic...