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Originclear, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 12/8/23, at 5:27pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1213900-23-94460   ·   File #:  333-147980

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

12/08/23  Originclear, Inc.                 10-Q        9/30/23   68:8.3M                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.18M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
11: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     74K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    199K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    106K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    104K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     29K 
                (Unaudited) (Parentheticals)                                     
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders?  HTML    221K 
                Deficit                                                          
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    146K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     33K 
19: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Polices           HTML     69K 
20: R10         Capital Stock                                       HTML    100K 
21: R11         Options and Warrants                                HTML     41K 
22: R12         Convertible Promissory Notes                        HTML     46K 
23: R13         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     32K 
24: R14         Financial Assets                                    HTML     24K 
25: R15         Loans Payable                                       HTML     22K 
26: R16         Water on demand inc.                                HTML     48K 
27: R17         Line of Credit                                      HTML     22K 
28: R18         Assets Held for Sale                                HTML     26K 
29: R19         Employee Retention Tax Credit                       HTML     25K 
30: R20         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     27K 
31: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     25K 
32: R22         Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)           HTML    108K 
33: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Polices (Tables)  HTML     53K 
34: R24         Capital Stock (Tables)                              HTML     26K 
35: R25         Options and Warrants (Tables)                       HTML     35K 
36: R26         Convertible Promissory Notes (Tables)               HTML     27K 
37: R27         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     27K 
38: R28         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     23K 
39: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Polices           HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
40: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Polices           HTML     26K 
                (Details) - Schedule of Loss Per Share                           
                Anti-Dilutive Effect                                             
41: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Polices           HTML     37K 
                (Details) - Schedule of Furniture and Equipment                  
                are Depreciated on the Straight-Line Method                      
42: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Polices           HTML     42K 
                (Details) - Schedule of Property Plant and                       
                Equipment                                                        
43: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Polices           HTML     32K 
                (Details) - Schedule of Level Within the Fair                    
                Value Investments and Liabilities                                
44: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Polices           HTML     25K 
                (Details) - Schedule of Reconciliation of the                    
                Derivative Liability for Which Level 3 inputs                    
45: R35         Summary of Significant Accounting Polices           HTML     34K 
                (Details) - Schedule of Fair Market Value of the                 
                Derivative Liability                                             
46: R36         Capital Stock (Details)                             HTML    866K 
47: R37         Capital Stock (Details) - Schedule of Series A      HTML     33K 
                Preferred Shares                                                 
48: R38         Options and Warrants (Details)                      HTML     70K 
49: R39         Options and Warrants (Details) - Schedule of        HTML     43K 
                Warrant Activity                                                 
50: R40         Options and Warrants (Details) - Schedule of        HTML     52K 
                Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life of                   
                Warrants Outstanding                                             
51: R41         Convertible Promissory Notes (Details)              HTML    163K 
52: R42         Convertible Promissory Notes (Details) - Schedule   HTML     27K 
                of Outstanding Convertible Promissory Notes                      
53: R43         Convertible Promissory Notes (Details) - Schedule   HTML     31K 
                of Maturities of Long-Term Debt                                  
54: R44         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Details)     HTML     26K 
55: R45         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Details) -   HTML     36K 
                Schedule of Good or Service from Contracts with                  
                Customers                                                        
56: R46         Financial Assets (Details)                          HTML     46K 
57: R47         Loans Payable (Details)                             HTML     26K 
58: R48         Water on demand inc. (Details)                      HTML    214K 
59: R49         Line of Credit (Details)                            HTML     30K 
60: R50         Assets Held for Sale (Details)                      HTML     70K 
61: R51         Employee Retention Tax Credit (Details)             HTML     23K 
62: R52         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     27K 
63: R53         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     35K 
66: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    123K 
64: XML         XBRL Instance -- f10q0923_originclear_htm            XML   1.54M 
65: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    223K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ocln-20230930_cal               XML    128K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ocln-20230930_def                XML   1.04M 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ocln-20230930_pre              XML   1.02M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ocln-20230930                         XSD    368K 
67: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              498±   727K 
68: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001213900-23-094460-xbrl      Zip    535K

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