ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,881, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PVZD01" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Jordan Dustin Spear (Ankeny, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PVZD01 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PVZD01, cells from soybean variety 5PVZD01, plants of soybean 5PVZD01, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PVZD01. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PVZD01 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or...