ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,530, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PCKZ63" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Landon Linn Ries (Armstrong, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PCKZ63 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PCKZ63, cells from soybean variety 5PCKZ63, plants of soybean 5PCKZ63, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PCKZ63. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PCKZ63 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/...