ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,976, issued on April 29, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Cotton variety 21R4132B3TXF" was invented by Darren G. Jones (Lubbock, Texas) and O. Lloyd May (Tifton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 21R4132B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts, lint and derivatives of the cotton variety 21R4132B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 21R4132B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 21R4132...