ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,557, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PDMK81" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Nadia Nikolayevna Krasheninnik (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PDMK81 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PDMK81, cells from soybean variety 5PDMK81, plants of soybean 5PDMK81, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PDMK81. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PDMK81 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant tra...