ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,659, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X80T005" was invented by Travis Korry Coleman (Lethbridge, Canada), Dennis James Dolan (York, Neb.), Gregory Gingera (Saskatoon, Canada), Leonardus Johannes Maria Hendrickx (Morden, Canada), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada) and Jean-Marc Montpetit (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X80T005 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 X80T005 with another maiz...