ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,852, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Confluence Genetics LLC (St. Louis).

"Soybean cultivar 3616793" was invented by Pedro Gonzalez-Portilla (Johnston, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 3616793 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 3616793, the plants of soybean 3616793, to plant parts of soybean 3616793, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 3616793 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants...