ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,581, issued on April 22, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X08V941" was invented by Nathan James Beringer (York, Neb.), Everton Alen Brenner (Evans, Colo.), Samantha Caroline Kaliff (Mccool Junction, Neb.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V941 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 X08V941 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic mat...