ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,503, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Wheat variety 6PLWJ20B" was invented by William Joseph Laskar (Tipton, Ind.) and Cristiano Lemes Da Silva (Westfield, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheat variety designated 6PLWJ20B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PLWJ20B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PLWJ20B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PLWJ20B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PLWJ20B ...