ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,697, issued on March 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X75V483" was invented by Travis Korry Coleman (Lethbridge, Canada), Gregory Gingera (Saskatoon, Canada) and Leonardus Johannes Maria Hendrickx (Morden, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maize variety designated X75V483 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 X75V483 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgress...