Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 3, 2025 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).
Term ends Feb 4, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 4, 2031
Held by Arq Solutions (Es), Inc.
Filed Jun 24, 2013 as application 13/925,311 · Granted May 31, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2011
Feb 4, 2011
Term ends
Feb 4, 2031
Feb 4, 2031
Granted
May 31, 2016
May 31, 2016
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,372,362, to Feb 4, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 4, 2011, when application 13/021,427, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2013) | Feb 4, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,372,362) | resolves to Feb 4, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 4, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,372,362 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,524,179 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,496,894 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,951,487 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,352,275 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,221,013 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,657,942 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,884,286 | In 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2013 Reel 30673, frame 328 | Durham, Michael D.; Sjostrom, Sharon; Baldrey, Kenneth E. | Ada-Es, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2014 Reel 33334, frame 565 | Durham, Michael D.; French, Nina Bergan; Bisque, Ramon E.; Baldrey, Kenneth E. | Ada Environmental Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 9, 2015 Reel 35118, frame 436 | Ada Environmental Solutions LLC | Ada-Es, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2015 Reel 36878, frame 72 | Ada-Es, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 7, 2018 Reel 47742, frame 652 | Ada-Es, Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 14, 2019 Reel 47991, frame 693 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Ada-Es, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2021 Reel 56483, frame 657 | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative Agent | Ada-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, LP | Patent 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 Agent | Arq 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 Agent | Arq 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 Agent | Arq 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 Trust | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 4, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,372,362, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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