ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,705, issued on March 25, was assigned to Mertec LLC (Adel, Iowa).

"Soybean cultivar 10170604" was invented by Patrick Joseph Arthur Grams (Hector, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 10170604 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 10170604, to the plants of soybean cultivar 10170604, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 10170604, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 10170604. 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 parts...