ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,917, issued on March 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X00V049" was invented by Michael Adam Chandler (Stoughton, Wis.) and Jordon Michael Pace (Brookings, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X00V049 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 X00V049 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00V049 through backcrossing or genetic...