ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,772, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PUSA68" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Randy Leroy Kallem (Des Moines, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PUSA68 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PUSA68, cells from soybean variety 5PUSA68, plants of soybean 5PUSA68, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PUSA68. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PUSA68 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and...