US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Nov. 25 for "Maize hybrid X10T088" (Iowa, Florida, South Dakota, Missouri, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,018, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X10T088" 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), Leah Viesselmann Stirling (Spring Valley, Ill.), 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 X10T088 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof ...