ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,514, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X90V907" was invented by Dennis James Dolan (York, Neb.), Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada), Jean-Marc Montpetit (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Canada) and Matthew David Walch (Moorhead, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X90V907 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 X90V907 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material ...