US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Jan. 20 for "Soybean variety 5PUUZ61" (Iowa, Illinois, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,289, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PUUZ61" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa), 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 5PUUZ61 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PUUZ61, cells from soybean variety 5PUUZ61, plants of soybean 5PUUZ61, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PUUZ61. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PUUZ61 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a tran...