ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,284, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X11T093" was invented by Lora Lynn Kilgore-Norquest (Garden City, Kan.), Travis J. Lee (Hanston, Kan.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X11T093 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 X11T093 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X...