US Plant Patent PP16721
Barthirtysix
Phlox plant named ‘Barthirtysix’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 10, 2025. This patent earned 61 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP16721
- Filed
- March 10, 2005
- Granted
- June 27, 2006
- Expires
- May 10, 2025
- Assignee
- BARTELS BREEDING B V
- Inventor
- BARTELS GOSEN B H
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Barthirtysix’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; red-colored flowers; freely flowering habit; and good garden performance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Barthirtysix’, as illustrated and described.
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