US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on June 23 for "Soybean variety 01106494" (Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,782, issued on June 23, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Soybean variety 01106494" was invented by Sarah Braun (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Joseph Jedlicka (Ballwin, Mo.) and Benjamin B. Stewart-Brown (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01106494. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01106494. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01106494 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soy...