ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,917, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Cotton variety 20R821B3TXF" was invented by Nilesh Dighe (Lubbock, Texas), Dawn E. Fraser (Fuquay Varina, N.C.) and Darren G. Jones (Lubbock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 20R821B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 20R821B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 20R821B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by cros...