US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on June 30 for "Soybean variety 5PDZJ04" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,074, issued on June 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PDZJ04" was invented by Joel Reese Hemingway (On, Canada), Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and John Gerard Van Herk (Cedar Springs, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PDZJ04 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PDZJ04, cells from soybean variety 5PDZJ04, plants of soybean 5PDZJ04, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PDZJ04. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PDZJ04 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressi...