ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,688, issued on March 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Wheat variety 6PDRR94B" was invented by 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 6PDRR94B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PDRR94B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PDRR94B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PDRR94B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation ...