ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,274, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Wheat variety 6PNHF40B" was invented by Cristiano Lemes Da Silva (Westfield, Ind.) and Kyle Jay Lively (Tipton, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheat variety designated 6PNHF40B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PNHF40B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PNHF40B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PNHF40B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PNHF40B are ...