Company: AIRJW
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001013762-25-002263
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Company: AirJoule Technologies Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 to laws, rules and procedures that differ from
those of the United States, and thus we cannot be certain that foreign patent applications related to issued U.S. patents will be
issued.

Many patent applications in the United States are maintained in secrecy
for a period of time after they are filed, and since publication of discoveries in the scientific or patent literature tends to lag behind
actual discoveries by several months, we cannot be certain that we will be the first creator of inventions covered by any patent application
we make or that we will be the first to file patent applications on such inventions. Because some patent applications are maintained in
secrecy for a period of time, there is also a risk that we could adopt a technology without knowledge of a pending patent application,
which technology would infringe a third-party patent once that patent is issued.

Even if our patent applications succeed and we are issued patents
in accordance with them, it is still uncertain whether these patents will be contested, circumvented, invalidated or limited in
scope in the future. In addition to those who may claim priority, any of our existing or pending patents may also be challenged by
others on the basis that they are otherwise invalid or unenforceable. The rights granted under any issued patents may not provide us
with meaningful protection or competitive advantages, and some foreign countries provide significantly less effective patent
enforcement than what the United States provides. In addition, the claims under any patents that are issued to us may not be broad
enough to prevent others from developing technologies that are similar or that achieve results similar to ours. The intellectual
property rights of others could also bar or limit us from licensing, exploiting or enforcing any patents issued to us. In addition,
patents issued to us may be infringed upon or designed around by others and others may obtain patents that it needs to license or
design around, either of which would increase costs and may adversely affect our business, financial condition, prospects and
results of operations.

Our failure or the inadequacy of our efforts to protect our intellectual
property rights may undermine our competitive position, and litigation associated with our intellectual property rights may be costly.

We seek to protect proprietary technologies primarily through patents
and trade secrets. Patent protection may not be available or appropriate for some of the products or technology we are developing. While
we own several patents and pending patent applications in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions, these applications do not ensure
the protection of our intellectual property for a number of reasons, including that there may