ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,922, issued on July 15, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X85V296" was invented by Dennis James Dolan (York, Neb.), Gustavo Marcelo Garcia (Stratford, Canada), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada), Jean-Marc Montpetit (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada), Jeffrey Posch (Sacred Heart, Minn.) and Matthew David Walch (Moorhead, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X85V296 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 X85V296 with another maize plant are d...