ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,522, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X85R245" was invented by Dennis James Dolan (York, Neb.), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada) and Jean-Marc Montpetit (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X85R245 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 X85R245 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into ...