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Low sulfur coal additive for improved furnace operation

US 8,919,266 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 3, 2025 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).

Term ended Nov 13, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Jul 18, 2003 as application 10/622,677 · Granted Dec 30, 2014
Base term plus 1601 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 13, 2025
2001 2026
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2001
Term ended
Nov 13, 2025
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,601
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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 runs 1601 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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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 Jun 26, 2001, when application 09/893,079, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 18, 2003)Jun 26, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1601 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 13, 2025High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 13, 2025High confidence

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US 8,124,036In force
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US 9,951,287Term ended
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8 of 9 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
Nov 10, 2003
Reel 14682, frame 603
Johnson, Stephen Allen; Wurster, John; Comer, John PhilipAda Environmental Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2011
Reel 27411, frame 561
Ada Environmental Solutions LLCAda-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

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