ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,804, issued on April 7, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).
"Soybean variety 01098218" was invented by Mehul Bhakta (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Carrin Carlson (Wildwood, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01098218. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01098218. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01098218 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01098218 with itself or an...