ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,699, issued on March 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X85R249" was invented by Douglas J Barker (Seward, Neb.) and Mario Rosario Carlone Jr. (Princeton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X85R249 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 X85R249 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85R249 through backcrossing or genetic t...