ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,906, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X03V412" was invented by Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, Iowa), Ken Alan Mayberry (Lodi, Wis.) and Eric Scott Riedeman (Alton, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X03V412 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 X03V412 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03V412 through...