ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,343, issued on May 13, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Soybean variety 01098326" was invented by Christiana E. Wiebbecke (Baxter, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01098326. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01098326. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01098326 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01098326 with itself or another soybean variety and plan...