ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,477, issued on June 24, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X90V904" was invented by Gustavo Marcelo Garcia (Stratford, Canada), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada) and Jean-Marc Montpetit (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X90V904 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 X90V904 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgres...