US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on May 5 for "Soybean variety 5PPGU46" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,146, issued on May 5, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PPGU46" was invented by Randy Leroy Kallem (Des Moines, Iowa) and Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPGU46 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPGU46, cells from soybean variety 5PPGU46, plants of soybean 5PPGU46, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPGU46. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPGU46 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or ...