Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 3, 2025 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).
Term ends Jan 3, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 16, 2032
Held by Arq Solutions, LLC
Filed Aug 16, 2012 as application 13/587,140 · Granted Jan 10, 2017
Base term plus 870 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2035
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2012
Aug 16, 2012
Term ends
Jan 3, 2035
Jan 3, 2035
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Jan 10, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
870
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 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.
42
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 870 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Aug 16, 2012, when this application, 13/587,140, was filed | Aug 16, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +870 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 3, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Jan 3, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,539,538 | this patent Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,314,767 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 10,722,865 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,307,706 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 10,449,492 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 11,285,459 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 10,766,016 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Application 15/093,414 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2012 Reel 28797, frame 542 | Wong, Joseph M.; Huston, Robert B.; Vizcaino, Christopher; Cannon, Frederick S. | Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 18, 2013 Reel 31436, frame 165 | Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC | Babson Capital Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 7, 2018 Reel 47741, frame 411 | Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 17, 2019 Reel 48083, frame 299 | Babson Capital Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent | Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 4, 2021 Reel 56483, frame 651 | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative Agent | Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC | 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 22, 2024 Reel 66694, frame 271 | Ada Carbon Solutions, LLC | Arq Solutions, LLC | 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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Jan 2035
Term ends Jan 3, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 870 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
53
later US patents cite this one
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