Also listed on FCR, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 25, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 6, 2026
Held by Re Community Holdings II, Inc.
Filed Sep 6, 2006 as application 11/515,789 · Granted Jul 14, 2009
Base term plus 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Sep 6, 2006
Sep 6, 2006
Term ends
Aug 25, 2027
Aug 25, 2027
Granted
Jul 14, 2009
Jul 14, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
353
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 353 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 6, 2006, when this application, 11/515,789, was filed | Sep 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +353 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 25, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 25, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,561,045 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,068,029 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 |
| US 8,786,442 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2006 Reel 18613, frame 562 | Langlois, Timothy A.; Cronin, John; Kintzer, John A. | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 15, 2009 Reel 22951, frame 908 | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 27, 2009 Reel 23003, frame 383 | Casella Waste Systems, Inc., a Delaware Corporation | Wilmington Trust Company, As Collateral Agent | 2ND Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 9, 2011 Reel 25774, frame 481 | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | FCR, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2011 Reel 25884, frame 692 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2011 Reel 25884, frame 802 | Wilmington Trust Company, As Collateral Agent | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2011 Reel 25897, frame 770 | FCR, LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 24, 2011 Reel 26332, frame 365 | FCR, LLC | Re Community Holdings II, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2012 Reel 27469, frame 907 | Ares Capital Corporation | FCR, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 22, 2012 Reel 27747, frame 451 | Re Community Holdings II, Inc. | Re Community Energry, LLC | Transfer Agreement |
| Mar 12, 2012 Reel 27898, frame 32 | Re Community Holdings II, Inc. | Re Community Energy, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee from --Re Community Energy, Llc" Previously Recorded on Reel 027747 Frame 0451. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Transfer Agreement. |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32363, frame 21 | Re Community Energy, LLC | MPH Energy LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32316, frame 298 | MPH Energy LLC | Re Community Holdings II, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 25, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.