ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,657, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X05T063" was invented by Brian M. Anderson (Granger, Iowa) and Ryan Thorson (Story City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X05T063 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 X05T063 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05T063 through backcrossing or genetic transformatio...