ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,851, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X91T018" was invented by Travis Korry Coleman (Lethbridge, Canada), Dennis James Dolan (York, Neb.), Gustavo Marcelo Garcia (Stratford, Canada), Jean-Marc Montpetit (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada), Jeffrey Posch (Sacred Heart, Minn.) and Matthew David Walch (Moorhead, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X91T018 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 X91T018 with another maize plant ...