US Plant Patent PP15404
Hector
Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Hector’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 14, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP15404
- Filed
- January 14, 2004
- Granted
- December 7, 2004
- Expires
- January 14, 2024
- Assignee
- CHRYSANTHEMUM BREEDERS ASS NV
- Inventor
- BOEDER MARK ROLAND
Abstract
A Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Hector’ characterized by its large sized blooms with orange ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 11-16; 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.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Chrysanthemum plant as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15404 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.