The Patent Finder
US

Method and System for Controlling Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Thermal Processes

US 8,496,894 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 3, 2025 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).

Term ends Feb 4, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Oct 25, 2011 as application 13/281,040 · Granted Jul 30, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2011
Term ends
Feb 4, 2031
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
17
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 4, 2011, when application 13/021,427, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 25, 2011)Feb 4, 2031High 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 events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 4, 2031High confidence

This family

US 8,372,362In force
Feb 2031
Feb 2031
US 8,524,179In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 8,496,894this patent
Feb 2031
Feb 2031
US 8,951,487In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 9,352,275In force
Feb 2031
Feb 2031
US 9,221,013In force
Feb 2031
Feb 2031
US 9,657,942In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 9,884,286In force
Feb 2031
Feb 2031
8 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 5, 2012
Reel 27484, frame 688
Durham, Michael D.; Sjostrom, Sharon; Baldrey, Kenneth E.Ada-Es, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 23, 2015
Reel 36865, frame 55
Ada-Es, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 1, 2016
Reel 39064, frame 268
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationAda-Es, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 7, 2018
Reel 47742, frame 652
Ada-Es, Inc.The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents
Jun 4, 2021
Reel 56483, frame 657
The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative AgentAda-Es, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Feb 1, 2023
Reel 62622, frame 51
Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC; Ada-Es, Inc.CF Global Credit, LPPatent Security Agreement
Feb 21, 2024
Reel 66643, frame 579
Ada-Es, Inc.Arq Solutions (Es), Inc.Change of Name
Dec 27, 2024
Reel 69791, frame 980
CF Global Credit, LP, as Administrative AgentArq Solutions, LLC (F/K/A Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC); Arq Solutions (Es), Inc. (F/K/A Ada-Es, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Dec 27, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
CF Global Credit, LP, as Administrative AgentArq Solutions, LLC (F/K/A Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC)Release of Security Interest
Dec 27, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
CF Global Credit, LP, as Administrative AgentArq Solutions (Es), Inc. (F/K/A Ada-Es, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Jan 3, 2025
Reel 69817, frame 645
Arq Solutions, LLC; Arq Solutions (Es), Inc.Midcap Funding IV TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

The Patent Finder CompaniesExpirationsCalculatorWatchlistPricing MethodologyCorrectionsLegalPrivacysupport@thepatentfinder.com Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) Part of 137 Finder · © 2026 137 Finder LLC · Sources cited