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Engineered Fuel Feed Stock Useful for Displacement of Coal in Coal Firing Plants

US 8,828,105 Lapsed on the fee record
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Also listed on FCR, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Lapsed Sep 9, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 7, 2012 as application 13/708,328 · Granted Sep 9, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 9, 2026
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jun 25, 2009
No longer in force
Sep 9, 2026
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Term would have run to
Jun 25, 2029
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.
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Jun 25, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 25, 2009, when application 12/492,093, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 7, 2012)Jun 25, 2029High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 9, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 9, 2026High confidence

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US 8,349,034Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2025
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US 8,828,105this patent
Sep 2026
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Application 14/340,616Abandoned
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Application 16/407,016Abandoned
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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
May 20, 2013
Reel 30451, frame 194
Calabrese, Paula A.; Bai, DingrongCasella Waste Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 20, 2013
Reel 30451, frame 206
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.FCR, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 20, 2013
Reel 30451, frame 212
FCR, LLCRe Community Holdings II, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 20, 2013
Reel 30452, frame 973
Re Community Holdings II, Inc.Re Community Energy, LLCTransfer Agreement
Jun 26, 2014
Reel 33245, frame 964
Accordant Energy, LLCKeeneland Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 10, 2014
Reel 33300, frame 534
Accordant Energy, LLCKeeneland Capital, LLCCorrective 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.
Jul 24, 2014
Reel 33411, frame 85
MPH Energy LLCAccordant Energy, LLCChange of Name
Oct 7, 2014
Reel 33905, frame 193
Accordant Energy, LLCSGP Land, LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 4, 2015
Reel 34886, frame 810
SGP Land, LLCAccordant Energy, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 12, 2015
Reel 34990, frame 17
Keeneland Capital, LLCAccordant Energy, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 19, 2015
Reel 36396, frame 664
Re Community Energy, LLCMPH Energy LLCChange of Name
Nov 11, 2020
Reel 54389, frame 352
Accordant Energy, LLCRepower IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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