ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,008, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X16T121" was invented by Michael B. Letchworth (Indianapolis), D. Matt Nice (Crawfordsville, Ind.), Marcelo Queijo (Urbandale, Iowa) and John Zwonitzer (Idalou, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X16T121 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 X16T121 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more trait...