ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,849, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X10T086" was invented by Nicholas Adam Crowley (Evansville, Ind.), Charles Thomas Cunnyngham (Tipton, Ind.), Ronald J. Haarmann (York, Neb.), Mark David Hoffbeck (Macomb, Ill.), Zachary Glen Jones (Fishers, Ind.), Travis J. Lee (Hanston, Kan.), Katherine Lisko Madden (Dyersburg, Tenn.), Adam Kyle Thurston (Haubstadt, Ind.) and Nathan Joel Vanopdorp (Mount Carmel, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X10T086 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. M...