Astec, Inc.

29 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

2 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Ending by 2030

Jun 2027

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due May 17, 2027
The maintenance fee for Apparatus and Method for Mixing Tube Assembly (US 9,188,330) comes due May 17, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 17, 2027, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,566,162	Apparatus and Method for a Hot Mix Asphalt Plant Using a High Percentage of Recycled Asphalt Products In force Term ends Jun 28, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 28, 2027	High confidence
US 7,785,100	Burner Assembly with Turbulent Tube Fuel-Air Mixer In force Term ends Aug 10, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 10, 2027	Medium confidence
US 7,878,797	Burner Assembly with Screen In force Term ends Sep 22, 2027 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 22, 2027	Medium confidence
US 7,810,441	Coal Burner Assembly In force Term ends Jul 17, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 17, 2029	High confidence
US 7,927,413	Method and Apparatus for Making Asphalt Concrete Using Foamed Asphalt Cement In force Term ends Feb 16, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 16, 2030	High confidence
US 8,172,448	Method and Apparatus for Adapting Asphalt Dryer/Mixer to Minimize Asphalt Build-Up In force Term ends Jan 8, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 8, 2031	High confidence
US 9,835,374	Apparatus and Method for a Dryer In force Term ends Dec 6, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 6, 2031	High confidence
US 9,188,330	Apparatus and Method for Mixing Tube Assembly In force Term ends Mar 16, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 16, 2032	High confidence
US 9,506,646	Apparatus and Method for Linear Mixing Tube Assembly In force Term ends Mar 16, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 16, 2032	High confidence
US 9,382,672	Apparatus and Method for Dryer Performance Optimization System In force Term ends Apr 7, 2032 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 7, 2032	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 29: 2 patents in force now held by others · 10 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 70 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

3 pending · 7 abandoned · 1 no status recorded

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