ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,948, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PNFG44" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa) and Landon Linn Ries (Armstrong, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNFG44 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNFG44, cells from soybean variety 5PNFG44, plants of soybean 5PNFG44, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNFG44. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNFG44 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or...