ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,097, issued on April 14, was assigned to M.S. Technlogies LLC (West Point, Iowa).

"Soybean cultivar 28180826" was invented by Justin T. Mason (Granger, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 28180826 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 28180826, to the plants of soybean cultivar 28180826, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 28180826, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 28180826. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant p...