Company Analysis

Waste Connections, Inc. (WCN)

NYSE: WCN · Refuse Systems · Woodbridge, ON · filing with the SEC since 2005
Grade6.4
◀ Past 6.7● Present 6.5▶ Future 5.9

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

10 patents granted to the 8 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Waste Connections, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
10
10 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against none in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
14
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'06'09'10'11'12'13'17'20'21'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Handling2
Medical technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
R.I.P., LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 published
Arkansas Reclamation Company, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
3 published
R.I.P., LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
1 published
Arrowhead Environmental Partners, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 published
Harvey Holdings, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
R360 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Waste Connections US, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Names not counted (2)
VISTA CORPORATION
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
VISTA CORPORATION
Most of its patents print JP; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 20, 202512,303,424Adjustable sleep apnea oral appliance for use with orthodontic bracesMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC
Mar 18, 202512,252,334Specialty intermodal container having a roll cover roof, method of use and manufactureHandlingArrowhead Environmental Partners, LLC
Oct 17, 202311,787,625Specialty intermodal container having a roll cover roof, method of use and manufactureHandlingArrowhead Environmental Partners, LLC
Nov 10, 202010,828,131Adjustable sleep apnea oral applianceMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC
Feb 25, 202010,570,026Leachate treatment and reduction systems and methodsEnvironmental technologyWaste Connections US, Inc.
Apr 30, 20138,430,083Mixer for use in an exhaust gas recirculation system and method for assembly of the sameEngines, pumps, turbinesHarvey Holdings, LLC
Oct 2, 20128,281,040Wireless management of remote devicesDigital communicationR.I.P., LLC
May 3, 20117,935,261Process for treating waste drilling mudCivil engineeringArkansas Reclamation Company, LLC
Jan 11, 20117,867,399Method for treating waste drilling mudBasic materials chemistryArkansas Reclamation Company, LLC
Jul 21, 20097,563,485Method of manufacturing a super high floating lineOther special machinesR.I.P., LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 11, 20252025/0375279ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERING MEDICAMENTSMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC
Mar 27, 20252025/0099292ADJUSTABLE SLEEP APNEA ORAL APPLIANCE FOR USE WITH ORTHODONTIC BRACESMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC · patent 12,303,424 granted from it
Dec 26, 20242024/0423829ORAL APPLIANCE FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEAMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC
Jun 27, 20242024/0207558ORAL APPLIANCE FOR USE WITH CPAP HEADGEARMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC
Apr 11, 20242024/0115413SLEEP APNEA ORAL APPLIANCE WITH CONNECTORSMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC · patent 12,076,268 granted from it
Jan 4, 20242024/0002143SPECIALTY INTERMODAL CONTAINER HAVING A ROLL COVER ROOF, METHOD OF USE AND MANUFACTUREHandlingArrowhead Environmental Partners, LLC · patent 12,252,334 granted from it
Jun 8, 20232023/0172749SINGLE TRAY SLEEP APNEA ORAL APPLIANCEMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC
Sep 2, 20212021/0267720ADJUSTABLE SLEEP APNEA ORAL APPLIANCEMedical technologyR.I.P., LLC · patent 11,517,403 granted from it
Jul 6, 20172017/0190596LEACHATE TREATMENT AND REDUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSEnvironmental technologyWASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. · patent 10,570,026 granted from it
May 16, 20132013/0118994System and Methods for Wastewater and Produced Water Cleaning and ReclamationEnvironmental technologyR360 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Medical technology 5 · Handling 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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