ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,525, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X13V109" was invented by Andrew Hopkins (Garden City, Kan.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X13V109 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 X13V109 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13V109 through backcrossing or genetic tr...