ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,646, issued on July 8, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08V958" was invented by Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, Iowa), Joann E Harren (Algona, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Arturo Jason Morales (Ankeny, Iowa), Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa), David Kyle Whitmire (Tallahassee, Fla.) and William Ellsworth Wyant III (Madrid, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V958 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Meth...