ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,540, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Soybean variety 01098338" was invented by Thomas L Floyd (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01098338. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01098338. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01098338 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01098338 with itself or another soybean variety and plants pr...