ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,817, issued on May 20, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Sorghum hybrid YSA9203" was invented by Heber Sebastian Aquino (McAllen, Texas) and Cleve Douglas Franks (Canyon, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel sorghum variety designated YSA9203 and seed, plants, plant parts and plant cells thereof are produced from a cross of inbred sorghum varieties. Methods for producing a sorghum plant comprise crossing hybrid sorghum variety YSA9203 with another sorghum plant. Sorghum variety YSA9203, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of sorghum var...