Patent record
US4339307 issued
The earliest issued U.S. patent in the collected archive, titled “Distillation Apparatus.”
Chronology without inference
Evidence-led timeline
Patent, trademark, regulatory, and archive events are dated separately so proximity is not mistaken for causation.
Patent record
US4420374 issued
A water-degasification and distillation apparatus patent is issued.
Patent record
US4612090 issued
A related apparatus patent, filed in 1983, is issued.
Patent record
US5203970 issued
The documented water-degasification method lineage continues.
WIPO record
WO2001068214 published
The PCT record establishes an international filing trail; WIPO documents are preserved locally.
Patent record
US6409888 issued
A later method-and-apparatus patent is issued in the United States.
Trademark record
JOHN ELLIS WATER trademark application filed
USPTO TSDR records serial number 77574079; the archive preserves the public document bundle.
Patent publications
Later pre-grant publications
Three U.S. publications describe later “treating water” applications. Publication PDFs and OCR are preserved.
Regulatory record
FTC warning letter sent
FTC staff warns John Ellis Water about unsupported COVID-19 prevention or treatment advertising claims.
Archive event
Research snapshot assembled
Patents, WIPO/CIPO documents, TSDR records, FTC material, and first-party pages are captured with provenance logs.