ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,092, issued on June 17, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08R659" was invented by Russell Fox (Stuart, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Goran Srnic (Johnston, Iowa) and Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maize variety designated X08R659 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 X08R659 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a m...