ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,618, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PENT45" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Leslie Charles Kuhlman (Lawrence, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PENT45 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PENT45, cells from soybean variety 5PENT45, plants of soybean 5PENT45, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PENT45. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PENT45 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, ...