ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,889, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PNUA05" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa), Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik (Fargo, N.D.), Leslie Charles Kuhlman (Lawrence, Kan.) and Donald Kyle (Princeton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNUA05 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNUA05, cells from soybean variety 5PNUA05, plants of soybean 5PNUA05, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNUA05. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNUA05 with another soy...