ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,771, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PCDA62" was invented by Jessie Alt (Madrid, Iowa), Donald Kyle (Princeton, Iowa) and Reid Rice (Wauseon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PCDA62 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PCDA62, cells from soybean variety 5PCDA62, plants of soybean 5PCDA62, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PCDA62. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PCDA62 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant...