ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,155, issued on April 8, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X08V056" was invented by Douglas J Barker (Seward, Neb.) and Mario Rosario Carlone Jr. (Princeton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V056 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 X08V056 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08V056 through backcrossing or genetic tra...