ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,628, issued on July 7, was assigned to M.S. Technologies LLC (West Point, Iowa).

"Soybean cultivar 28040501" was invented by Justin T. Mason (Granger, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soybean cultivar designated 28040501 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 28040501, to the plants of soybean cultivar 28040501, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 28040501, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 28040501. 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 part...