US Plant Patent PP18533

Achilles

Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Achilles’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 20, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 16, 2025. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18533, the photograph of Achilles printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18533, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP18533
Filed: December 16, 2005
Granted: February 26, 2008
Expires: December 20, 2025
Assignee: CHRYSANTHEMUM BREEDERS ASS NV
Inventor: BOEDER MARK ROLAND

Abstract

A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Achilles’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with yellow-bronze ray florets and prolife branching; natural season flowering date August 16; blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum plant as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18533 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.