US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Sept. 8 for "Rudbeckia plant named 'NCRH2'" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. PP37,691, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Rudbeckia plant named 'NCRH2'" was invented by Thomas Ranney (Arden, N.C.), Nathan P. Lynch (Mills River, N.C.), Irene Palmer (Mills River, N.C.), Andra Windorf Nus (Mills River, N.C.) and John Tyler Nix (Mills River, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct variety of Rudbeckia plant as illustrated and described, characterized by the combination of distinctive bicolor flowers with red at the base of each petal and yellow at the tips when in full bloom and a compact, upright habit."

The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2025, under Appl...