ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,485, issued on June 24, was assigned to M.S. Technologies LLC (West Point, Iowa).

"Soybean cultivar 18040512" was invented by Justin T. Mason (Granger, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 18040512 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 18040512, to the plants of soybean cultivar 18040512, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 18040512, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 18040512. 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...