ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,784, issued on July 14, was assigned to Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Basel, Switzerland).
"Soybean variety" was invented by Brian Scott Erdahl (Clinton, Ill.) and Jose Aponte-Rivera (Slater, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety CL2046984, CE2020602, and/or CL1945114 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety CL2046984, CE2020602, and/or CL1945114 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL2046984, CE2020602, and/or CL1945114, e.g., in a breeding program."
The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 2022...