ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,754, issued on May 19, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Wheat variety 6PVED35B" was invented by Cristiano Lemes Da Silva (Westfield, Ind.), Kyle Jay Lively (Tipton, Ind.) and Samuel Abraham Tragesser (Windfall, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheat variety designated 6PVED35B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PVED35B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PVED35B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PVED35B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis o...