US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Nov. 18 for "Maize hybrid X17T131" (Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,551, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X17T131" was invented by Erik Andrew Durden (Washington, N.C.), Mark Jacob Gadlage (Dyersburg, Tenn.), Gary Gray Hooks (Troy, Tenn.), Jill Renee Lennon (Tallahassee, Fla.), Katherine Lisko Madden (Dyersburg, Tenn.), Jason Michael Prothro (Thomasville, Ga.) and Steven Tyler Thornton (Leland, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X17T131 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 X17T1...