ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,558, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PGAU31" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Leslie Charles Kuhlman (Lawrence, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PGAU31 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PGAU31, cells from soybean variety 5PGAU31, plants of soybean 5PGAU31, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PGAU31. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PGAU31 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, a...