ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,870, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08V052" was invented by James D Bueltel (Waconia, Minn.), Richard Lee Henley Jr. (Palm Harbor, Fla.) and Ryan Thorson (Story City, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V052 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 X08V052 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08V052 th...