ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,696, issued on March 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X05R379" was invented by Eric Scott Riedeman (Alton, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X05R379 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 X05R379 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05R379 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant an...