ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,040, issued on May 6, was assigned to Mertec LLC (West Point, Iowa).
"Soybean cultivar 12140044" was invented by Jason Aaron Long (Forrest City, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 12140044 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 12140044, to the plants of soybean cultivar 12140044, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 12140044, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 12140044. 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 pro...