ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,211, issued on June 2, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Wheat variety 6PTUQ47B" was invented by Cristiano Lemes Da Silva (Westfield, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheat variety designated 6PTUQ47B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PTUQ47B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PTUQ47B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PTUQ47B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PTUQ47B are disclosed. Methods for producing othe...