ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,560, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Wheat variety 6PHAQ54B" was invented by William Joseph Laskar (Tipton, Ind.) and Cristiano Lemes Da Silva (Westfield, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheat variety designated 6PHAQ54B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PHAQ54B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PHAQ54B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PHAQ54B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PHAQ...