US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Oct. 7 for "Maize hybrid X08V924" (Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,219, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X08V924" was invented by Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Mark Jacob Gadlage (Dyersburg, Tenn.), Michael Phillip Jines (Fishers, Ind.) and Sara Johanna Elisabeth Larsson (Windfall, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08V924 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 X08V924 with another maize plant are disclosed.Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material...