US Patent Issued to ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND on Oct. 27 for "Edible bean line greater than17454less than (MYSTIC)" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,941, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY (Decatur, Ill.).

"Edible bean line greater than17454less than (MYSTIC)" was invented by Matthew Shellenberger (Caldwell, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An edible bean seed designated as greater than17454less than or MYSTIC, a sample of the edible bean deposited under accession no. PI 705621 is disclosed. Methods of using the edible bean seed designated as greater than17454less than or MYSTIC for breeding new varieties of bean seed are also disclosed, as well as seeds of the edible bean seed designated as greater than17454less than or MYSTIC."

The patent was...