Also listed on FCR, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 25, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 25, 2029
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,192,513), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Repower IP, LLC
Filed Apr 14, 2011 as application 13/087,108 · Granted Dec 9, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 25, 2009
Jun 25, 2009
Term ends
Jun 25, 2029
Jun 25, 2029
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 2014
base term
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 8,157,874, US 8,157,875, US 8,192,512, US 8,192,513, US 8,349,034, US 8,444,721, US 8,523,962, 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.
This patent's term is 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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 25, 2009, when application 12/492,096, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 14, 2011) | Jun 25, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,157,874, US 8,157,875, US 8,192,512, US 8,192,513, US 8,349,034, US 8,444,721, US 8,523,962) | resolves to Jun 25, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 25, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/492,096 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,444,721 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2010/061228 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,192,512 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,906,119 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,157,875 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 8,192,513 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,157,874 | Lapsed 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2011 Reel 26402, frame 306 | Bohlig, James W.; Bai, Dingrong | Re Community Holdings II, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's 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. |
| Jul 10, 2012 Reel 28521, frame 988 | Bohlig, James W.; Bai, Dingrong | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 10, 2012 Reel 28522, frame 23 | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | FCR, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 10, 2012 Reel 28522, frame 83 | FCR, LLC | Re Community Holdings II, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2014 Reel 32389, frame 832 | Re Community Energy, LLC | MPH Energy LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 26, 2014 Reel 33245, frame 964 | Accordant Energy, LLC | Keeneland Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 10, 2014 Reel 33300, frame 534 | Accordant Energy, LLC | Keeneland Capital, LLC | Corrective 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. |
| Aug 6, 2014 Reel 33483, frame 50 | MPH Energy LLC | Accordant Energy, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 7, 2014 Reel 33905, frame 193 | Accordant Energy, LLC | SGP Land, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 4, 2015 Reel 34886, frame 810 | SGP Land, LLC | Accordant Energy, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 12, 2015 Reel 34990, frame 17 | Keeneland Capital, LLC | Accordant Energy, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| 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, LLC | Repower IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 25, 2029.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,157,874, US 8,157,875, US 8,192,512, US 8,192,513, US 8,349,034, US 8,444,721, US 8,523,962, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
55
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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