ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,842, issued on May 20, was assigned to BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC (Research Triangle Park, N.C.).

"Soybean variety 103324628" was invented by Jesse Gilsinger (Durham, N.C.) and Hema Damecharla (Nevada, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The soybean variety 103324628 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and soybean lint as well as to hybrid soybean plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety 103324628 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of 103324628 ...