ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,680, issued on April 1, was assigned to Benson Hill Seeds Inc. (St. Louis).

"Soybean cultivar 4826007" was invented by Pedro Gonzalez-Portilla (Johnston, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 4826007 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 4826007, the plants of soybean 4826007, to plant parts of soybean 4826007, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 4826007 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants ...