US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on June 3 for "Soybean variety 5PKPZ42" (Iowa, Illinois, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,843, issued on June 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PKPZ42" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa), Leslie Charles Kuhlman (Lawrence, Kan.), Donald Kyle (Princeton, Ill.) and Tara Lynch Slaminko (Ivesdale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKPZ42 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKPZ42, cells from soybean variety 5PKPZ42, plants of soybean 5PKPZ42, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKPZ42. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKPZ42 with another soybean pla...