ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,783, issued on July 14, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PBUM28" was invented by Brian Allen Carden (Princeton, Ill.), Randy Leroy Kallem (Des Moines, Iowa), Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Donald Kyle (Princeton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PBUM28 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PBUM28, cells from soybean variety 5PBUM28, plants of soybean 5PBUM28, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PBUM28. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PBUM28 with another soybean pla...