Patents by Inventor Gary Gray Hooks

Gary Gray Hooks has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Maize hybrid X16T128
    Patent number: 12490701
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X16T128 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 X16T128 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X16T128 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X16T128, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X16T128 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X16T128 and methods of using maize variety X16T128 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Brian M. Anderson, Erik Andrew Durden, Mark Jacob Gadlage, Gary Gray Hooks, Jill Renee Lennon, Katherine Lisko Madden, Jason Michael Prothro, Steven Tyler Thornton
  • Maize hybrid X17T131
    Patent number: 12471551
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X17T131 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 X17T131 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X17T131 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X17T131, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X17T131 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X17T131 and methods of using maize variety X17T131 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Andrew Durden, Mark Jacob Gadlage, Gary Gray Hooks, Jill Renee Lennon, Katherine Lisko Madden, Jason Michael Prothro, Steven Tyler Thornton
  • Maize hybrid X18V366
    Patent number: 12382910
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18V366 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 X18V366 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18V366 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18V366, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18V366 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18V366 and methods of using maize variety X18V366 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Brian M Anderson, Erik Andrew Durden, Mark Jacob Gadlage, Gary Gray Hooks, Jill Renee Lennon, Katherine Lisko Madden, Jason Michael Prothro, Steven Tyler Thornton
  • Maize hybrid X18V363
    Patent number: 12356920
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18V363 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 X18V363 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18V363 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18V363, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18V363 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18V363 and methods of using maize variety X18V363 are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Andrew Durden, Mark Jacob Gadlage, Gary Gray Hooks, Jill Renee Lennon, Katherine Lisko Madden, Jason Michael Prothro, Steven Tyler Thornton