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US 8,068,029 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Nov 29, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 11, 2009 as application 12/483,144 · Granted Nov 29, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 45 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 29, 2019
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jun 11, 2009
No longer in force
Nov 29, 2019
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Term would have run to
Jul 26, 2029
base term patent term adjustment 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
45
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jul 26, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 45 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 11, 2009, when this application, 12/483,144, was filedJun 11, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+45 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 26, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 29, 2019High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 29, 2019High confidence

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US 7,561,045In force
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US 8,786,442Lapsed on the fee record
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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
Jun 24, 2009
Reel 22871, frame 153
Langlois, Timothy A.; Cronin, John; Kintzer, John A.Casella Waste Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 27, 2009
Reel 23003, frame 383
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., a Delaware CorporationWilmington Trust Company, As Collateral Agent2ND Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 9, 2011
Reel 25774, frame 481
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.FCR, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 2, 2011
Reel 25884, frame 802
Wilmington Trust Company, As Collateral AgentCasella Waste Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 3, 2011
Reel 25897, frame 770
FCR, LLCAres Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
May 24, 2011
Reel 26332, frame 365
FCR, LLCRe Community Holdings II, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 3, 2012
Reel 27469, frame 907
Ares Capital CorporationFCR, LLCRelease of Security 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.
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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