ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,695, issued on March 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08V038" was invented by Travis J Lee (Hanston, Kan.) and Neway Challa Mengistu (Lincoln, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V038 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 X08V038 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08V038 through backcrossing or genetic transforma...