ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,579, issued on April 22, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08R870" was invented by Travis J Lee (Hanston, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08R870 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 X08R870 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R870 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant...