ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,690, issued on March 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Wheat variety 6PHHY42" was invented by William Joseph Laskar (Tipton, Ind.), Cristiano Lemes Da Silva (Westfield, Ind.), Kyle Jay Lively (Tipton, Ind.) and James Joseph Uphaus (Glandorf, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheat variety designated 6PHHY42, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PHHY42, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PHHY42 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PHHY42 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variant...