ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,611, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X95V291" was invented by Thomas Craig Kevern (Milton, Wis.), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada) and Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X95V291 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 X95V291 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into...