ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,805, issued on April 7, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Soybean variety 01106379" was invented by Philip Owen (Baldwin, Ill.) and David R. Wooten Jr. (Middletown, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01106379. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01106379. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01106379 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01106379 with itself or...