ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,504, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Wheat variety 6PNEK06B" was invented by Candida Braga Cabral (Mankato, Minn.), William Joseph Laskar (Tipton, Ind.), Cristiano Lemes Da Silva (Westfield, Ind.), Kyle Jay Lively (Tipton, Ind.) and Samuel Abraham Tragesser (Windfall, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheat variety designated 6PNEK06B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PNEK06B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PNEK06B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PNEK06B with another whe...