ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,077, issued on April 14, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X10T090" was invented by Brian Douglas De Vries (Algona, Iowa), Russell Fox (Stuart, Iowa), Joann E. Harren (Algona, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Arturo Jason Morales (Ankeny, Iowa), Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa), David Kyle Whitmire (Tallahassee, Fla.) and William Ellsworth Wyant III (Milbank, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X10T090 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by cro...