ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,826, issued on May 20, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08V072" 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 X08V072 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 X08V072 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08V072 through backcrossing or genetic tran...