ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,825, issued on June 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X13V211" was invented by Mark David Hoffbeck (Macomb, Ill.) and Sarah Marie Potts (Macomb, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X13V211 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 X13V211 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13V211 through backcrossing or genetic transformatio...