Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 29, 2023 (Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jan 10, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 10, 2027
Held by Waste Harmonics, LLC
Filed Apr 18, 2011 as application 13/088,668 · Granted Aug 5, 2014
Base term plus 452 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 10, 2007
Jan 10, 2007
Term ends
Jan 10, 2027
Jan 10, 2027
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 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
452
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,481,160.
3 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.
This patent's term runs 452 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 10, 2007, when application 11/621,822, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2011) | Jan 10, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +452 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 6, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,481,160) | capped to Jan 10, 2027 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 10, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,481,160 | In force (reinstated) Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,926,419 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,794,135 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2011 Reel 26157, frame 797 | Simon, Jay S.; Durbin, Martin J. | One Plus Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 9, 2021 Reel 56819, frame 870 | One Plus Corp. | Oneplus Systems, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 9, 2021 Reel 58344, frame 563 | One Plus Systems, Inc. /Dba/ Contelligent | Waste Harmonics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2022 Reel 59462, frame 648 | Waste Harmonics Holdings, LLC | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Sep 26, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | Waste Harmonics Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interests in Patents |
| Sep 26, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | Waste Harmonics, LLC | Release of Security Interests in Patents |
| Sep 26, 2023 Reel 65028, frame 618 | Citibank, N.a. | Waste Harmonics Holdings, LLC; Waste Harmonics, LLC | Release of Security Interests in Patents |
| Sep 28, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Waste Harmonics Holdings, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Conveying Party from Citibank, N.A., to Citizens Bank, N.A. Previously Recorded on Reel 065028 Frame 0618. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interests in Patents. |
| Sep 28, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Waste Harmonics, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Conveying Party from Citibank, N.A., to Citizens Bank, N.A. Previously Recorded on Reel 065028 Frame 0618. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interests in Patents. |
| Sep 28, 2023 Reel 65049, frame 466 | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Waste Harmonics Holdings, LLC; Waste Harmonics, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Conveying Party from Citibank, N.A., to Citizens Bank, N.A. Previously Recorded on Reel 065028 Frame 0618. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interests in Patents. |
| Sep 29, 2023 Reel 65086, frame 739 | Waste Harmonics, LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 10, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 452 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,481,160.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
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