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• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
M A INDUSTRIES INC	303 DIVIDEND DRIVE PEACHTREE CITY GA 30269

International Classification(s)

• B03B:SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING ....
• B08B:CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENE....

• 1990 Application Filing Year
• B03B Class
• 31 Applications Filed
• 0 Patents Issued To-Date
• 0 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Greene, Jeffrey H	Fayetteville, GA	1	30
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 30
Hardy, Clive E	Brooks, GA	1	30
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 30
Jacobs, James R	Thomaston, GA	4	221
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 221
Lindroos, Jarl B	Peachtree City, GA	1	30
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 30
Peacock, Bobbie D	Peachtree City, GA	7	89
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 89
Stout, Michael E	Peachtree City, GA	3	35
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 35

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• 30 Citation Count
• B03B Class

• 92.86 % this patent is cited more than
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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

Full Text

US Patent No: 5255859

Method and apparatus for separating and classifying scrap plastic materials

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Classifying and processing post-consumer plastic scrap materials for subsequent utilization. Post-consumer plastic scrap of various kinds, such as colored HDPE, natural HDPE, green PET and clear PET are separating into constituent fractions, and each fraction is separately reduced to flakes. At least some of the fractions are separately washed to remove fragments of labels or other foreign matter previously in place on the plastic bottles or other containers making up those scrap constituents.

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Legal Events

 

• STCH2001
• FP2001
• LAPS2001
• REMI2001
• FPAY1996
• I1993
• F1990
• AS1990

Date	Code	Event	Description
Dec 04, 2001	STCH	INFORMATION ON STATUS: PATENT DISCONTINUATION	free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362
Oct 26, 2001	FP	LAPSED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE	Effective Date: Oct 26, 2001
Oct 26, 2001	LAPS	LAPSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES
May 22, 2001	REMI	MAINTENANCE FEE REMINDER MAILED
Nov 25, 1996	FPAY	FEE PAYMENT	year of fee payment: 4
Oct 26, 1993	I	Issuance
Sep 04, 1990	F	Filing
Sep 04, 1990	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNORS:PEACOCK, BOBBIE D.;STOUT, MICHAEL E.;GREENE, JEFFREY H.;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:005541/0035;SIGNING DATES FROM 19900820 TO 19900827 Owner name: M.A. INDUSTRIES, INC., 307 DIVIDEND DRIVE PEACHTRE