US Patent Issued to GDM Seeds on June 24 for "Soybean variety 20889979" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,482, issued on June 24, was assigned to GDM Seeds Inc. (Gibson City, Ill.).

"Soybean variety 20889979" was invented by Marcos Quiroga Guiraldes (Gibson City, Ill.), Jose Martin Sarinelli (Gibson City, Ill.) and Ricardo Cesar Filippi Pignatta (Gibson City, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New soybean variety designated '20889979' is a soybean variety exhibiting stability and uniformity."

The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2021, under Application No. 17/536,731.

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