ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,885, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X05T055" was invented by Jordon Michael Pace (Brookings, S.D.) and Ryan Thorson (Story City, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X05T055 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 X05T055 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05T055 through backcrossing or genetic transformat...