ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,520, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X03T046" was invented by Everton Alen Brenner (Evans, Colo.) and Travis J. Lee (Hanston, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X03T046 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 X03T046 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03T046 through backcrossing or genetic transformation,...