ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,530, issued on March 17, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Soybean variety 01106186" was invented by Mehul Bhakta (Chesterfield, Mo.), Keith Merrill (O'Fallon, Mo.) and Huiqin Xue (Woodland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01106186. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01106186. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01106186 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean va...