US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Aug. 4 for "Soybean variety 5PKZR33" (Iowa, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,867, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PKZR33" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Reid Rice (Wauseon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKZR33 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKZR33, cells from soybean variety 5PKZR33, plants of soybean 5PKZR33, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKZR33. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKZR33 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native t...