US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Nov. 18 for "Maize hybrid X13T113" (Iowa, Florida, South Dakota, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,547, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X13T113" was invented by Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, Iowa), Joann E. Harren (Algona, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Arturo Jason Morales (Ankeny, Iowa), Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa), David Kyle Whitmire (Tallahassee, Fla.) and William Ellsworth Wyant III (Milbank, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X13T113 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. ...