US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Oct. 27 for "Soybean variety 5PQHF45" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,947, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Soybean variety 5PQHF45" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa), John Gerard Van Herk (Cedar Springs, Canada) and Joel Reese Hemingway (Beachville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PQHF45 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PQHF45, cells from soybean variety 5PQHF45, plants of soybean 5PQHF45, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PQHF45. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PQHF45 with another soybean plant, methods for int...