ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,899, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08R871" was invented by Andrew Jon Ross (Lisbon, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08R871 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 X08R871 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08R871 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and pla...