ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,113, issued on June 17, was assigned to M.S. Technologies LLC (West Point, Iowa).

"Soybean cultivar 12040102" was invented by Justin T. Mason (Granger, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 12040102 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 12040102, to the plants of soybean cultivar 12040102, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 12040102, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 12040102. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant pa...