ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,536, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PKFJ52" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Kyle James Kocak (York, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKFJ52 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKFJ52, cells from soybean variety 5PKFJ52, plants of soybean 5PKFJ52, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKFJ52. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKFJ52 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a na...