ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,002, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X15V441" was invented by Charles Thomas Cunnyngham (Tipton, Ind.) and Ronald J Haarmann (York, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X15V441 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 X15V441 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15V441 through backcrossing or genetic transfo...