ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,555, issued on July 28, was assigned to CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC (Indianapolis).

"Marker assisted selection of traits for producing meal from Brassica napus" was invented by Zoe Christina Ehlert (Saskatoon, Canada), Joshua A. Flook (Indianapolis), Daniel Garcia (Indianapolis), Donna Carolynn Knievel (Saskatoon, Canada), Cherie Ochsenfeld (Indianapolis), Thomas G. Patterson (Indianapolis), Ryan Preuss (Indianapolis), Syed Masood Rizvi (Saskatoon, Canada), Van L. Ripley (Grandora, Canada), Steve Rounsley (Indianapolis), Shunxue Tang (Carmel, Ind.), Muhammad Tahir (Saskatoon, Canada) and Michelle Wiggins (Westfield, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trad...