ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,586, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X90T900" was invented by Dennis James Dolan (York, Neb.), Gustavo Marcelo Garcia (Stratford, Canada), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada), Jeffrey Posch (Sacred Heart, Minn.) and Matthew David Walch (Moorhead, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X90T900 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 X90T900 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant co...