ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,846, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X74T001" was invented by Gregory Gingera (Saskatoon, Canada), Leonardus Johannes Maria Hendrickx (Morden, Canada) and Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X74T001 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 X74T001 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgresse...