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US 8,786,442 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jul 22, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

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Filed Sep 30, 2011 as application 13/249,871 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 22, 2022
2006 2026
Clock starts
Sep 6, 2006
No longer in force
Jul 22, 2022
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Term would have run to
Sep 6, 2026
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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
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Its term would have run to Sep 6, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 6, 2006, when application 11/515,789, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2011)Sep 6, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 22, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 22, 2022High confidence

This family

US 7,561,045In force
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
US 8,068,029Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2019
Nov 2019
US 8,786,442this patent
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 9, 2012
Reel 28515, frame 485
Langlois, Timothy A.; Cronin, John; Kintzer, John A.Casella Waste Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 9, 2012
Reel 28515, frame 589
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.FCR, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 9, 2012
Reel 28515, frame 620
FCR, LLCRe Community Holdings II, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 9, 2012
Reel 28518, frame 386
Re Community Holdings II, Inc.Re Community Energy, LLCTransfer Agreement
Feb 27, 2014
Reel 32363, frame 21
Re Community Energy, LLCMPH Energy LLCChange of Name
Feb 27, 2014
Reel 32316, frame 298
MPH Energy LLCRe Community Holdings II, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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