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Engineered Fuel Feed Stock

US 8,192,512 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Jun 5, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Apr 5, 2011 as application 13/080,351 · Granted Jun 5, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 5, 2024
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jun 25, 2009
No longer in force
Jun 5, 2024
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Term would have run to
Jun 25, 2029
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,382,862, US 8,382,863, to Jun 25, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
17
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jun 25, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 25, 2009, when application 12/492,096, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 5, 2011)Jun 25, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,382,862, US 8,382,863)resolves to Jun 25, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 5, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 5, 2024High confidence

This family

Application 12/492,096Abandoned
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US 8,444,721Lapsed on the fee record
May 2025
May 2025
Application PCT/US2010/061228PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,192,512this patent
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
US 8,906,119In force
Jun 2029
Jun 2029
US 8,157,875Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2024
Apr 2024
US 8,192,513Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
US 8,157,874Lapsed on the fee record
Apr 2024
Apr 2024
8 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 13, 2011
Reel 26277, frame 738
Bohlig, James W.; Bai, DingrongRe Community Holdings II, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 22, 2012
Reel 27747, frame 451
Re Community Holdings II, Inc.Re Community Energry, LLCTransfer Agreement
Mar 12, 2012
Reel 27898, frame 32
Re Community Holdings II, Inc.Re Community Energy, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee from --Re Community Energy, Llc" Previously Recorded on Reel 027747 Frame 0451. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Transfer Agreement.
Jul 10, 2012
Reel 28521, frame 988
Bohlig, James W.; Bai, DingrongCasella Waste Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 10, 2012
Reel 28522, frame 23
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.FCR, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 10, 2012
Reel 28522, frame 83
FCR, LLCRe Community Holdings II, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 26, 2014
Reel 33245, frame 964
Accordant Energy, LLCKeeneland Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 10, 2014
Reel 33300, frame 534
Accordant Energy, LLCKeeneland Capital, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent No. Listed as 8,745,599 to 8,746,599 Previously Recorded on Reel 033245 Frame 0964. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Oct 7, 2014
Reel 33905, frame 193
Accordant Energy, LLCSGP Land, LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 4, 2015
Reel 34886, frame 810
SGP Land, LLCAccordant Energy, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 12, 2015
Reel 34990, frame 17
Keeneland Capital, LLCAccordant Energy, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Mar 24, 2016
Reel 38249, frame 862
MPH Energy LLCAccordant Energy, LLCChange of Name
Mar 24, 2016
Reel 38249, frame 875
Re Community Energy, LLCMPH Energy LLCChange of Name
Apr 20, 2017
Reel 42078, frame 395
Calabrese, Paula A.Casella Waste Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 11, 2020
Reel 54389, frame 352
Accordant Energy, LLCRepower IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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