ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,923, issued on July 15, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X08V907" was invented by Andrew Hopkins (Garden City, Kan.), Travis J Lee (Hanston, Kan.), Neway Challa Mengistu (Lincoln, Neb.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V907 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 X08V907 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more ...