ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,552, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X72T000" was invented by Gregory Gingera (Saskatoon, Canada), Leonardus Johannes Maria Hendrickx (Morden, Canada) and Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X72T000 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 X72T000 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgresse...