ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,151, issued on March 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Canola inbred 4PPVF68A" was invented by Jayantilal Devabhai Patel (Thornhill, Canada) and Igor Falak (Guelph, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel canola variety designated 4PPVF68A and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety 4PPVF68A with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 4PPVF68A through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and...