ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,077, issued on March 24, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Soybean variety 01098266" 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 01098266. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01098266. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01098266 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01098266 with itself or ...