ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,913, issued on March 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X03V404" was invented by Travis J Lee (Hanston, Kan.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X03V404 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 X03V404 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03V404 through backcrossing or genetic transfor...