ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,473, issued on June 24, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X08V904" was invented by Mario Rosario Carlone Jr. (Princeton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V904 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 X08V904 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08V904 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, ...