ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,918, issued on March 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X90T899" was invented by Dennis James Dolan (York, Neb.), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada) and Jeffrey Posch (Sacred Heart, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X90T899 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 X90T899 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90T899 thr...