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
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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 publishedArkansas Reclamation Company, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
3 publishedR.I.P., LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
1 publishedArrowhead Environmental Partners, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 publishedHarvey Holdings, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 publishedR360 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 publishedWASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 publishedWaste 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
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| May 20, 2025 | 12,303,424 | Adjustable sleep apnea oral appliance for use with orthodontic braces | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC |
| Mar 18, 2025 | 12,252,334 | Specialty intermodal container having a roll cover roof, method of use and manufacture | Handling | Arrowhead Environmental Partners, LLC |
| Oct 17, 2023 | 11,787,625 | Specialty intermodal container having a roll cover roof, method of use and manufacture | Handling | Arrowhead Environmental Partners, LLC |
| Nov 10, 2020 | 10,828,131 | Adjustable sleep apnea oral appliance | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC |
| Feb 25, 2020 | 10,570,026 | Leachate treatment and reduction systems and methods | Environmental technology | Waste Connections US, Inc. |
| Apr 30, 2013 | 8,430,083 | Mixer for use in an exhaust gas recirculation system and method for assembly of the same | Engines, pumps, turbines | Harvey Holdings, LLC |
| Oct 2, 2012 | 8,281,040 | Wireless management of remote devices | Digital communication | R.I.P., LLC |
| May 3, 2011 | 7,935,261 | Process for treating waste drilling mud | Civil engineering | Arkansas Reclamation Company, LLC |
| Jan 11, 2011 | 7,867,399 | Method for treating waste drilling mud | Basic materials chemistry | Arkansas Reclamation Company, LLC |
| Jul 21, 2009 | 7,563,485 | Method of manufacturing a super high floating line | Other special machines | R.I.P., LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0375279 | ORAL APPLIANCE FOR DELIVERING MEDICAMENTS | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 2025/0099292 | ADJUSTABLE SLEEP APNEA ORAL APPLIANCE FOR USE WITH ORTHODONTIC BRACES | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC · patent 12,303,424 granted from it |
| Dec 26, 2024 | 2024/0423829 | ORAL APPLIANCE FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC |
| Jun 27, 2024 | 2024/0207558 | ORAL APPLIANCE FOR USE WITH CPAP HEADGEAR | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 2024/0115413 | SLEEP APNEA ORAL APPLIANCE WITH CONNECTORS | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC · patent 12,076,268 granted from it |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 2024/0002143 | SPECIALTY INTERMODAL CONTAINER HAVING A ROLL COVER ROOF, METHOD OF USE AND MANUFACTURE | Handling | Arrowhead Environmental Partners, LLC · patent 12,252,334 granted from it |
| Jun 8, 2023 | 2023/0172749 | SINGLE TRAY SLEEP APNEA ORAL APPLIANCE | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC |
| Sep 2, 2021 | 2021/0267720 | ADJUSTABLE SLEEP APNEA ORAL APPLIANCE | Medical technology | R.I.P., LLC · patent 11,517,403 granted from it |
| Jul 6, 2017 | 2017/0190596 | LEACHATE TREATMENT AND REDUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Environmental technology | WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC. · patent 10,570,026 granted from it |
| May 16, 2013 | 2013/0118994 | System and Methods for Wastewater and Produced Water Cleaning and Reclamation | Environmental technology | R360 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.