ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,001, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08V894" was invented by Everton Alen Brenner (Evans, Colo.), Andrew Hopkins (Garden City, Kan.), Travis J Lee (Hanston, Kan.), Neway Challa Mengistu (Lincoln, Neb.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V894 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 X08V894 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing...