ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,661, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X91T019" was invented by Travis Korry Coleman (Lethbridge, Canada), Dennis James Dolan (York, Neb.), Gustavo Marcelo Garcia (Stratford, Canada), Kelvin Grandy Grant (Alma, Mich.), Suzanne Michelle Mickelson (Janesville, Wis.), Jean-Marc Montpetit (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada), Jeffrey Posch (Sacred Heart, Minn.), Juan Ignacio Rey (East Lansing, Mich.) and Matthew David Walch (Moorhead, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X91T019 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbr...