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Organization and Description of Business
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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Note 1 – Organization and Description of Business
 
ClearSign Combustion Corporation (ClearSign or the Company) designs and is developing technologies for the purpose of improving key performance characteristics of combustion systems, including emission and operational performance, energy efficiency and overall cost-effectiveness. The Company’s primary technology is its Duplex™ technology, which achieves very low emissions without the need of external flue gas recirculation, selective catalytic reduction, or higher excess air operation. Its other technology, Electrodynamic Combustion Control™ or ECC™, introduces a computer-controlled electric field into the combustion region which may better control gas-phase chemical reactions and improve system performance and cost-effectiveness. The Company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington and was incorporated in the state of Washington in 2008.
 
Development Status
 
The Company’s Duplex technology is currently in various states of development regarding its four target markets and has generated nominal revenues from operations to date. In order to generate meaningful revenues, one of the technologies must be fully developed, gain market recognition and acceptance, and develop a critical level of successful sales and product installations. The Company has historically financed its operations primarily through issuances of equity securities, including the $9.6 million in gross proceeds from the rights offering completed on January 25, 2017 as described in Note 6. The Company has incurred losses since its inception totaling $42,710,000 and expects to experience operating losses and negative cash flow for the foreseeable future. Management believes that the successful growth and operation of the Company’s business is dependent upon its ability to obtain adequate sources of funding through co-development agreements, strategic partnering agreements, or equity or debt financing to adequately support research and development efforts, protect intellectual property, form relationships with strategic partners, and provide for working capital and general corporate purposes. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in achieving its long-term plans, or that such plans, if consummated, will enable the Company to obtain profitable operations or continue in the long-term as a going concern.