ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,877, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Confluence Genetics LLC (St. Louis).

"Soybean cultivar 3294180" was invented by William K. Rhodes (Queenstown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 3294180 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 3294180, the plants of soybean 3294180, to plant parts of soybean 3294180, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 3294180 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 and ...