ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,478, issued on June 24, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X80V616" was invented by Douglas J Barker (Seward, Neb.) and Mario Rosario Carlone Jr. (Princeton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maize variety designated X80V616 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 X80V616 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X80V616 through backcrossing or genetic transform...