ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,879, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PZDA70" was invented by Brian Allen Carden (Princeton, Ill.), Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Donald Kyle (Princeton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZDA70 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZDA70, cells from soybean variety 5PZDA70, plants of soybean 5PZDA70, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZDA70. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZDA70 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transge...