ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,317, issued on May 27, was assigned to Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Soybean variety CL2046892" was invented by Daniela Sarti Dvorjak (Slater, Iowa) and Brian Scott Erdahl (Clinton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety CL2046892, CL2046890, and/or CL2046953 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety CL2046892, CL2046890, and/or CL2046953 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL2046892, CL2046890, and/or CL2046953, e.g., in a breeding program."

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