ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,951, issued on July 15, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Cotton variety 21R523XF" was invented by Nilesh Dighe (Lubbock, Texas) 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 21R523XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts, lint and derivatives of the cotton variety 21R523XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 21R523XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 21R523XF with itself...