US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on June 30 for "Soybean variety 5PSDY61" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,071, issued on June 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PSDY61" 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 5PSDY61 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PSDY61, cells from soybean variety 5PSDY61, plants of soybean 5PSDY61, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PSDY61. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PSDY61 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and...