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Total current assets
−Removed: Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $95,015
Operating lease right-of-use asset
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Total current liabilities
−Removed: Operating lease liability, non-current
−Removed: Total liabilities
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
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19,860 shares authorized;
−Removed: no shares issued or
+Added: no shares issued or outstanding
Series A convertible preferred stock, par value $100 per share;
140 shares authorized;
−Removed: shares issued or outstanding
+Added: no shares issued or outstanding
Common stock, par value $.01 per share;
100,000,000 shares authorized;
−Removed: 23,653,754 and 20,331,754
−Removed: shares issued and outstanding, respectively
+Added: 26,179,122 and 24,248,695 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
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For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: For the Nine Months Ended
Operating costs and expenses:
−Removed: Patent assertion expenses
−Removed: Amortization of patents
−Removed: Research and development expenses (including non-cash share-based
−Removed: compensation expenses of $394,842, $338,449, $1,250,497 and $2,567,294, respectively)
+Added: Inventor royalties, contingent legal fees, litigation and licensing expenses
+Added: Research and development expenses (including non-cash share-based compensation expenses of $290,207 and $397,523, respectively)
General and administrative expenses (including non-cash share-based compensation expenses of $695,892 and $623,811, respectively)
−Removed: Impairment in carrying amount of patent asset
Total operating costs and expenses
Loss from operations
−Removed: Other Expense
Interest income
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$ (2,592,543 )
−Removed: $ (7,794,320 )
−Removed: $ (9,559,561 )
Net loss per common share attributable to common shareholders:
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’
−Removed: EQUITY (UNAUDITED )
−Removed: THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 2020
−Removed: Shareholders’
−Removed: Balance, April 30, 2020
−Removed: $ 192,122,260
−Removed: $ (187,049,899 )
−Removed: Stock option compensation to employees and directors
−Removed: Stock options issued to consultants
−Removed: Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options
−Removed: Common stock issued in at-the-market offering, net of offering expenses of $155,776
−Removed: Balance, July 31, 2020
−Removed: $ 197,993,060
−Removed: $ (189,611,583 )
−Removed: THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 2019
−Removed: Shareholders’
−Removed: Balance, April 30, 2019
−Removed: $ 183,932,744
−Removed: $ (177,589,742 )
−Removed: Stock option compensation to employees and directors
−Removed: Stock options and warrants issued to consultants
−Removed: Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options
−Removed: Common stock issued in at-the-market offering, net of offering expenses of $111,275
−Removed: Balance, July 31, 2019
−Removed: $ 185,326,706
−Removed: $ (179,729,770 )
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: BIOSCIENCES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’
−Removed: EQUITY (UNAUDITED )
−Removed: THE NINE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 2020
+Added: THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED )
Shareholders’
−Removed: Balance, October 31, 2019
+Added: October 31, 2020
$ 200,354,488
$ (191,835,618 )
−Removed: Stock option compensation to employees and directors
−Removed: Stock options issued to consultants
−Removed: Common stock issued upon exercise of stock options
−Removed: Common stock issued pursuant to employee stock purchase plan
−Removed: Common stock issued in at-the-market offering, net of offering expenses of $314,072
−Removed: Balance, July 31, 2020
+Added: option compensation to employees and directors
+Added: options and warrants issued to consultants
+Added: stock issued upon exercise of stock options
+Added: stock issued in at-the-market offering, net of offering expenses of $184,510
+Added: January 31, 2021
$ 207,382,102
$ (194,043,909 )
−Removed: THE NINE MONTHS ENDED JULY 31, 2019
+Added: THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JANUARY 31, 2020 (UNAUDITED )
Shareholders’
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option compensation to employees and directors
−Removed: options and warrants issued to consultants
+Added: options issued to consultants
stock issued upon exercise of stock options
−Removed: stock award compensation to employee pursuant to stock incentive plan
−Removed: stock issued pursuant to employee stock purchase plan
stock issued in at-the-market offering, net of offering expenses of $100,972
−Removed: July 31, 2019
+Added: January 31, 2020
$ 189,646,000
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
−Removed: For the nine months ended
+Added: For the three months ended
Cash flows from operating activities:
Reconciliation of net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
+Added: $ (2,232,377 )
+Added: $ (2,616,575 )
Stock option compensation to employees and directors
Stock options and warrants issued to consultants
−Removed: Restricted stock award compensation to employee pursuant to
−Removed: stock incentive plan
Depreciation of property and equipment
−Removed: Loss on disposal of property and equipment
−Removed: Amortization of operating lease right-of-use asset
−Removed: Amortization of patents
−Removed: Impairment in carrying amount of patent assets
+Added: Gain on sale of equipment
+Added: Amortization of operating lease right-to-use asset
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
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Purchase of property and equipment
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: Proceeds from sale of equipment
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from sale of common stock in at-the-market offering
−Removed: Proceeds from sale of common stock pursuant to employee stock purchase
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
−Removed: Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
−Removed: Operating lease right-of-use asset
−Removed: Operating lease liability
+Added: Supplemental cash flow information:
+Added: Cash proceeds from interest income
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: BUSINESS AND FUNDING
used herein, “we,”
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Our therapeutics programs include the development of a chimeric
−Removed: endocrine receptor T-cell technology, a novel form of CAR-T technology, initially focused on treating ovarian cancer, and discovery
−Removed: and ultimately development of anti-viral drug candidates for the treatment of COVID-19 focused on inhibiting certain viral protein
−Removed: Our vaccine program consists of the development of a vaccine against triple negative breast cancer (“TNBC”),
−Removed: the most lethal form of breast cancer.
−Removed: hold an exclusive worldwide, royalty-bearing license to use certain intellectual property owned or controlled by The Cleveland
−Removed: Clinic Foundation (“Cleveland Clinic”) related to certain breast cancer vaccine technology developed at Cleveland
−Removed: We are working in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic to develop a method to vaccinate women against contracting breast
−Removed: cancer, focused specifically on TNBC, the most lethal form of the disease.
−Removed: A specific protein, alpha-lactalbumin, has been identified
−Removed: that is only present during lactation in healthy women, but reappears in many forms of breast cancer, especially TNBC.
−Removed: have shown that vaccinating against this protein prevents breast cancer in mice.
−Removed: We are working with researchers at Cleveland
−Removed: Clinic to advance this vaccine toward human clinical testing, and we are in the process of manufacturing the vaccine and upon
−Removed: completion we will be prepared to file an Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application with the U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug
−Removed: Administration (“FDA”).
−Removed: While we anticipate filing the IND during the third calendar quarter of 2020, we may experience
−Removed: delays in the vaccine manufacturing and characterization process due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
−Removed: We do not currently anticipate
−Removed: any potential delays to significantly alter our expected timeline.
−Removed: The IND application, after review and if approved by the FDA,
−Removed: will enable us to begin testing our vaccine in human subjects.
+Added: endocrine receptor T-cell technology, a novel form of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (“CAR-T”) technology, initially
+Added: focused on treating ovarian cancer, and discovery and ultimately development of anti-viral drug candidates for the treatment of
+Added: COVID-19 focused on inhibiting certain protein functions of the virus.
+Added: Our vaccine programs include the development of a vaccine
+Added: against breast cancer, specifically triple negative breast cancer (“TNBC”), the most lethal form of the disease, and
+Added: a vaccine against ovarian cancer.
subsidiary, Certainty Therapeutics, Inc.
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for ovarian cancer, but we may also pursue applications of the technology for the development of treatments for additional solid
−Removed: The license agreement requires Certainty to make certain cash and equity payments to Wistar.
−Removed: With respect to Certainty’s
−Removed: equity obligations to Wistar, Certainty issued to Wistar shares of its common stock equal to five percent (5%) of the common stock
−Removed: of Certainty.
−Removed: in collaboration with the H.
+Added: The license agreement requires Certainty to make certain cash and equity payments to Wistar upon achievement of specific
+Added: development milestones.
+Added: With respect to Certainty’s equity obligations to Wistar, Certainty issued to Wistar shares of its
+Added: common stock equal to five percent (5%) of the common stock of Certainty.
+Added: Certainty, in collaboration
Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
−Removed: (“Moffitt”), is advancing toward
−Removed: human clinical testing its CAR-T technology for treating ovarian cancer.
−Removed: Clinical grade materials are currently being manufactured
−Removed: and upon completion will undergo extensive testing.
−Removed: Once the materials have been successfully tested, we will be prepared to submit
−Removed: an IND application with the FDA.
−Removed: While we anticipate filing the IND by the end of calendar 2020, we may experience delays in completing
−Removed: the manufacturing and testing of clinical materials due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
−Removed: We do not currently anticipate any
−Removed: potential delays to significantly alter our expected timeline.
−Removed: The IND application, after review and approval by the FDA, will
−Removed: enable us to begin testing our therapy in ovarian cancer patients.
−Removed: April 2020, in collaboration with OntoChem GmbH (“OntoChem”), we commenced a project to discover and ultimately develop
−Removed: anti-viral drug candidates against COVID-19.
−Removed: Through this collaboration, we are utilizing advanced computational methods, machine
−Removed: learning, and molecular modeling techniques to perform in silico screening of over 1.2 billion compounds in chemical libraries
−Removed: (including publicly available compounds and OntoChem’s proprietary libraries) to evaluate if any of these compounds could
−Removed: disrupt one of two key enzymes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19.
−Removed: the screening process is ongoing and we anticipate discovering additional drug candidates, we have identified four compounds that
−Removed: could disrupt the function of a viral enzyme called an endoribonuclease, known as Non-Structural Protein-15 (“NSP-15”),
−Removed: and 27 compounds that target the main protease (“M pro ”) of the virus.
−Removed: Our in silico molecular modeling
−Removed: indicates that any of the NSP-15 or M pro inhibitors might disrupt the virus’
−Removed: ability to replicate in humans.
−Removed: The NSP-15 compounds have been synthesized and are in the process of being tested in biological assays.
−Removed: We are currently evaluating
−Removed: which of the M pro compounds to synthesize for biological testing.
−Removed: The in vitro biological assays of the NSP-15
−Removed: compounds are ongoing, and if the biological activity of any of these compounds is verified, they will be tested in animal studies
−Removed: to further evaluate their candidacy as COVID-19 therapeutics.
−Removed: July 2, 2020, we implemented a strategic realignment of our business and redirected resources to exclusively focus on the development
−Removed: of therapeutics and vaccines.
−Removed: Accordingly, we suspended operations of our subsidiary, Anixa Diagnostics Corporation, and the development
−Removed: of the Cchek™
−Removed: artificial intelligence driven platform of non-invasive blood tests for the early detection of cancer.
−Removed: the next several quarters, we expect the development of our breast cancer vaccine, our COVID-19 therapeutic discovery program
+Added: (“Moffitt”), is advancing toward human clinical
+Added: testing its CAR-T technology for treating ovarian cancer.
+Added: We are currently testing the clinical grade vector and preparing an
+Added: Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application for submission to the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”).
+Added: We anticipate filing the IND in the first calendar quarter of 2021.
+Added: Assuming the FDA approves our IND application, we anticipate
+Added: beginning the human clinical trials during the second half of 2021.
+Added: In April 2020, we entered
+Added: into a collaboration with OntoChem GmbH (“OntoChem”), to discover and ultimately develop anti-viral drug candidates
+Added: against COVID-19.
+Added: Through this collaboration, we utilized advanced computational methods, machine learning, and molecular modeling
+Added: techniques to perform in silico screening of over 1.2 billion compounds in chemical libraries (including publicly available
+Added: compounds and OntoChem’s proprietary libraries) to evaluate if any of these compounds could disrupt one of two key enzymes
+Added: of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19.
+Added: The screening process
+Added: resulted in the identification of multiple compounds that could potentially disrupt critical enzymes of the virus.
+Added: these compounds were synthesized and tested in in vitro biological assays.
+Added: Upon completion of these biological assays,
+Added: we identified two of the most promising compounds and have begun testing them in animal models.
+Added: In these animal studies, the
+Added: two compounds are being compared to Remdesivir, which is the only anti-viral drug authorized by the FDA for
+Added: We anticipate this proof-of-concept animal study to be completed by the end of the first calendar quarter of 2021.
+Added: hold an exclusive worldwide, royalty-bearing license to use certain intellectual property owned or controlled by The Cleveland
+Added: Clinic Foundation (“Cleveland Clinic”) relating to certain breast cancer vaccine technology developed at Cleveland
+Added: We are working in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic to develop a method to vaccinate women against contracting breast
+Added: cancer, focused specifically on TNBC.
+Added: A specific protein, alpha-lactalbumin, has been identified that is only present during lactation
+Added: in healthy women, but reappears in many forms of breast cancer, especially TNBC.
+Added: Studies have shown that vaccinating against this
+Added: protein prevents breast cancer in mice.
+Added: In December 2020, we received authorization from the FDA to commence enrollment and treatment
+Added: of patients in a Phase 1a clinical trial.
+Added: We are performing the activities necessary to prepare for treatment of patients in the
+Added: Phase 1a clinical trial, and we anticipate being prepared to treat the first enrolled patient by mid-year 2021.
+Added: November 2020, we executed a license agreement with Cleveland Clinic pursuant to which the Company was granted an exclusive worldwide,
+Added: royalty-bearing license to use certain intellectual property owned or controlled by Cleveland Clinic relating to certain ovarian
+Added: cancer vaccine technology.
+Added: This technology pertains to the use of vaccines for the treatment or prevention of ovarian cancers
+Added: which express the anti-Mullerian hormone receptor II protein containing an extracellular domain (“AMHR2-ED”).
+Added: tissue, this protein regulates growth and development of egg-containing follicles in the ovary.
+Added: While expression of AMHR2-ED naturally
+Added: and markedly declines after menopause, this protein is expressed at high levels in the ovaries of postmenopausal women with ovarian
+Added: Researchers at Cleveland Clinic believe that a vaccine targeting AMHR2-ED could prevent the occurrence of ovarian cancer.
+Added: We entered into a joint development agreement with Cleveland Clinic, to advance this vaccine technology toward human clinical
+Added: the next several quarters, we expect the development of our breast and ovarian cancer vaccines, our COVID-19 therapeutic program
and Certainty’s CAR-T technology to be the primary focus of the Company.
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engaged in limited patent licensing activities regarding the Cchek™
−Removed: liquid biopsy platform, as well as in the area of encrypted
−Removed: audio/video conference calling.
−Removed: We do not expect these activities to be a significant part of the Company’s ongoing operations
−Removed: nor do we expect these activities to require material financial resources or attention of senior management.
+Added: liquid biopsy platform (operations for which were suspended
+Added: in July 2020), as well as in the area of encrypted audio/video conference calling.
+Added: We do not expect these activities to be a significant
+Added: part of the Company’s ongoing operations nor do we expect these activities to require material financial resources or attention
+Added: of senior management.
the past several years, our revenue was derived from technology licensing and the sale of patented technologies, including revenue
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emerging technologies.
+Added: We do not expect to begin generating revenue with respect to any of our current therapy or vaccine programs
+Added: in the near term.
+Added: We hope to achieve a profitable outcome by eventually licensing our technologies to large pharmaceutical companies
+Added: that have the resources and infrastructure in place to manufacture, market and sell our technologies as therapeutics or vaccines.
+Added: The eventual licensing of any of our technologies may take several years, if it is to occur at all, and may depend on positive
+Added: results from human clinical trials.
and Management’s Plans
−Removed: on currently available information as of September 8, 2020, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments
+Added: on currently available information as of March 11, 2021, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments
and expected cash flows will be sufficient to fund our activities for the next twelve months.
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we may be required to obtain more working capital.
−Removed: During the nine months ended July 31, 2020, we raised an aggregate of approximately
−Removed: $7,866,000, net of expenses, through the sale of 3,261,282 shares of common stock in our at-the-market equity offerings.
−Removed: included approximately $427,000, net of expenses, through the sale of 112,238 shares of common stock in an at-the market equity
−Removed: offering which expired in November 2019 and approximately $7,439,000, net of expenses, through the sale of 3,149,044 shares of
−Removed: common stock in an at-the-market equity offering under which we may issue up to $50 million of common stock.
−Removed: Under our current
−Removed: at-the-market equity program which is currently effective and may remain available for us to use in the future, we may sell an
−Removed: additional approximately $42,260,000 of common stock.
−Removed: We may seek to obtain working capital during our fiscal year 2020 or thereafter
−Removed: through sales of our equity securities or through bank credit facilities or public or private debt from various financial institutions
−Removed: where possible.
−Removed: We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.
−Removed: If we do identify
−Removed: sources for additional funding, the sale of additional equity securities or convertible debt could result in dilution to our stockholders.
−Removed: We can give no assurance that we will generate sufficient cash flows in the future to satisfy our liquidity requirements or sustain
−Removed: future operations, or that other sources of funding, such as sales of equity or debt, would be available or would be approved
−Removed: by our security holders, if needed, on favorable terms or at all.
−Removed: If we fail to obtain additional working capital as and when
−Removed: needed, such failure could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: such lack of funds may inhibit our ability to respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated capital needs, or may force us
−Removed: to reduce operating expenses, which would significantly harm the business and development of operations.
+Added: During the three months ended January 31, 2021, we raised approximately $5,957,000,
+Added: net of expenses, through an at-the-market equity offering of 1,900,547 shares of common stock, under which offering we may issue
+Added: up to $50 million of common stock.
+Added: Under our at-the-market equity program which is currently effective and may remain available
+Added: for us to use in the future, as of January 31, 2021, we may sell an additional approximately $34,670,000 of common stock.
+Added: seek to obtain working capital during our fiscal year 2021 or thereafter through sales of our equity securities or through bank
+Added: credit facilities or public or private debt from various financial institutions where possible.
+Added: We cannot be certain that additional
+Added: funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: If we do identify sources for additional funding, the sale of additional
+Added: equity securities or convertible debt could result in dilution to our stockholders.
+Added: We can give no assurance that we will generate
+Added: sufficient cash flows in the future to satisfy our liquidity requirements or sustain future operations, or that other sources
+Added: of funding, such as sales of equity or debt, would be available or would be approved by our security holders, if needed, on favorable
+Added: terms or at all.
+Added: If we fail to obtain additional working capital as and when needed, such failure could have a material adverse
+Added: impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: Furthermore, such lack of funds may inhibit our ability
+Added: to respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated capital needs, or may force us to reduce operating expenses, which would
+Added: significantly harm the business and development of operations.
of Presentation
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consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which, in the opinion of management, are
−Removed: necessary for a fair statement of our financial position as of July 31, 2020, and results of operations and cash flows for the
−Removed: interim periods represented.
−Removed: The results of operations for the nine months ended July 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative
+Added: necessary for a fair statement of our financial position as of January 31, 2021, and results of operations and cash flows for
+Added: the interim periods represented.
+Added: The results of operations for the three months ended January 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative
of the results to be expected for the entire year.
−Removed: Noncontrolling Interest
Noncontrolling
+Added: Noncontrolling
interest represents Wistar’s equity ownership in Certainty and is presented as a component of equity.
The following table
−Removed: sets forth the changes in noncontrolling interest for the nine months ended July 31, 2020:
+Added: sets forth the changes in noncontrolling interest for the three months ended January 31, 2021:
Balance, October 31, 2020
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
−Removed: Balance, July 31, 2020
−Removed: fiscal 2016 our revenue has been derived solely from technology licensing and the sale of patented technologies.
−Removed: Revenue is recognized
−Removed: upon transfer of control of intellectual property rights and satisfaction of other contractual performance obligations to licensees
−Removed: in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive.
−Removed: November 1, 2018 we adopted Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 (“ASU 2014-09”), Revenue from Contracts with Customers
−Removed: using the modified retrospective method.
−Removed: Upon adoption of ASU 2014-09 we were required to make certain judgments and estimates
−Removed: in connection with the accounting for revenue.
−Removed: Such areas may include determining the existence of a contract and identifying
−Removed: each party’s rights and obligations to transfer goods and services, identifying the performance obligations in the contract,
−Removed: determining the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to separate performance obligations, estimating the timing
−Removed: of satisfaction of performance obligations, determining whether a promise to grant a license is distinct from other promised goods
−Removed: or services and evaluating whether a license transfers to a customer at a point in time or over time.
−Removed: revenue arrangements provide for the payment of contractually determined, one-time, paid-up license fees in settlement of litigation
−Removed: and in consideration for the grant of certain intellectual property rights for patented technologies owned or controlled by the
+Added: Balance, January 31, 2021
+Added: revenue has been derived solely from technology licensing and the sale of patented technologies.
+Added: Revenue is recognized upon transfer
+Added: of control of intellectual property rights and satisfaction of other contractual performance obligations to licensees in an amount
+Added: that reflects the consideration we expect to receive.
+Added: follow the accounting guidance of Accounting Standards Codification 606 (“ASC 606”), Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 606 we are required to make certain judgments and estimates in connection with the accounting for revenue.
+Added: Such areas may include determining the existence of a contract and identifying each party’s rights and obligations to transfer
+Added: goods and services, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price and allocating
+Added: the transaction price to separate performance obligations, estimating the timing of satisfaction of performance obligations, determining
+Added: whether a promise to grant a license is distinct from other promised goods or services and evaluating whether a license transfers
+Added: to a customer at a point in time or over time.
+Added: revenue arrangements provide for the payment, within 30 days of execution of the agreement, of contractually determined, one-time,
+Added: paid-up license fees in settlement of litigation and in consideration for the grant of certain intellectual property rights for
+Added: patented technologies owned or controlled by the Company.
These arrangements typically include some combination of the following:
−Removed: (i) the grant of a non-exclusive, retroactive
−Removed: and future license to manufacture and/or sell products covered by patented technologies owned or controlled by the Company, (ii)
−Removed: a covenant-not-to-sue, (iii) the release of the licensee from certain claims, and (iv) the dismissal of any pending litigation.
−Removed: In such instances, the intellectual property rights granted have been perpetual in nature, extending until the expiration of the
−Removed: related patents.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, we have no further obligations with respect to the granted intellectual
−Removed: property rights, including no obligation to maintain or upgrade the technology, or provide future support or services.
−Removed: obtained control of the intellectual property rights they have acquired upon execution of the agreement.
−Removed: Accordingly, the performance
−Removed: obligations from these agreements were satisfied and 100% of the revenue was recognized upon the execution of the agreements.
−Removed: The adoption of ASU 2014-09 had no impact on revenue recognized.
+Added: (i) the grant of a non-exclusive, retroactive and future license to manufacture and/or sell products covered by patented technologies
+Added: owned or controlled by the Company, (ii) a covenant-not-to-sue, (iii) the release of the licensee from certain claims, and (iv)
+Added: the dismissal of any pending litigation.
+Added: In such instances, the intellectual property rights granted have been perpetual in nature,
+Added: extending until the expiration of the related patents.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, we have no further obligations
+Added: with respect to the granted intellectual property rights, including no obligation to maintain or upgrade the technology, or provide
+Added: future support or services.
+Added: Licensees obtained control of the intellectual property rights they have acquired upon execution of
+Added: the agreement.
+Added: Accordingly, the performance obligations from these agreements were satisfied and 100% of the revenue was recognized
+Added: upon the execution of the agreements.
of revenues include the costs and expenses incurred in connection with our patent licensing and enforcement activities, including
inventor royalties paid to original patent owners, contingent legal fees paid to external counsel, other patent-related legal
−Removed: expenses paid to external counsel, licensing and enforcement related research, consulting and other expenses paid to third-parties
−Removed: and the amortization of patent-related investment costs.
−Removed: These costs are included under the caption “Operating costs and
−Removed: expenses”
−Removed: in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: expenses paid to external counsel and licensing and enforcement related research, consulting and other expenses paid to third-parties.
+Added: These costs are included under the caption “Operating costs and expenses”
+Added: in the accompanying condensed consolidated
+Added: statements of operations.
and Development Expenses
and development expenses, consisting primarily of employee compensation, payments to third parties for research and development
−Removed: activities and other direct costs associated with developing a platform for non-invasive blood tests for early detection of cancer,
−Removed: developing immuno-therapy drugs against cancer, development of our breast cancer vaccine and development of anti-viral drugs candidates
−Removed: for COVID-19, are expensed in the consolidated financial statements in the period incurred.
−Removed: BASED COMPENSATION
+Added: activities and other direct costs associated with developing immuno-therapy drugs against cancer, preventative cancer vaccines
+Added: and anti-viral drug candidates for COVID-19, are expensed in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in the
+Added: period incurred.
+Added: STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
Company maintains stock equity incentive plans under which the Company grants incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options,
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We recorded stock-based compensation expense related
−Removed: to service-based stock options granted to employees and directors of approximately $3,016,000 and $2,433,000 during the nine months
−Removed: ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and approximately $997,000 and $784,000 during the three months ended July 31, 2020
−Removed: and 2019, respectively.
+Added: to service-based stock options granted to employees and directors of approximately $875,000 and $964,000 during the three months
+Added: ended January 31, 2021 and 2020.
stock options granted to employees and directors that vest based on market conditions, such as the trading price of the Company’s
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share for twenty consecutive trading days.
−Removed: We recorded stock-based compensation expense related to market condition stock options
−Removed: granted to employees of approximately $-0- and $376,000 during the nine months ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: did not have any market condition stock-based compensation expense during the three months ended July 31, 2020 and 2019.
−Removed: November 1, 2018 we adopted Accounting Standards Update 2018-07 (“ASU 2018-07”) for stock options granted to consultants.
−Removed: Upon adoption of ASU 2018-07 we estimated the fair value of unvested service-based and performance-based stock options at the
−Removed: date of adoption, using the Black-Scholes pricing model.
−Removed: Subsequent to adoption of ASU 2018-07, future grants to consultants are
−Removed: measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award using the Black-Scholes pricing model, consistent with our policy
−Removed: for grants to employees and directors.
−Removed: In prior periods, in accordance with US GAAP, we estimated the fair value of service-based
−Removed: and performance-based stock options granted to consultants at each reporting period using the Black-Scholes pricing model.
−Removed: recognize the fair value of stock options granted to consultants as consulting expense over the requisite or implied service period
−Removed: of the grant.
−Removed: We recorded stock-based consulting expense related to stock options granted to consultants of approximately $157,000
−Removed: and $75,000 during the nine months ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and approximately $45,000 and $25,000 during the
−Removed: three months ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: the nine months ended July 31, 2020, we had three stock option plans:
−Removed: the Anixa Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2003 Share Incentive Plan (the
−Removed: “2003 Share Plan”), the Anixa Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2010 Share Incentive Plan (the “2010 Share Plan”) and
+Added: We did not record any market condition stock-based compensation expense during the
+Added: three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: compensation cost for service-based stock options granted to consultants is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value
+Added: of the award using the Black-Scholes pricing model, and is expensed on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period
+Added: (the vesting period of the stock option) which is one to three years.
+Added: We recorded stock-based consulting expense related to stock
+Added: options granted to consultants of approximately $54,000 and $57,000 during the three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: the three months ended January 31, 2021, we had two stock option plans:
the Anixa Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: 2018 Share Incentive Plan (the “2018 Share Plan”), which were adopted by our Board of
−Removed: Directors on April 21, 2003, July 14, 2010 and January 25, 2018, respectively.
−Removed: The 2018 Share Plan was approved by our shareholders
−Removed: on March 29, 2018.
+Added: 2010 Share Incentive Plan
+Added: (the “2010 Share Plan”) and the Anixa Biosciences, Inc.
+Added: 2018 Share Incentive Plan (the “2018 Share Plan”),
+Added: which were adopted by our Board of Directors on July 14, 2010 and January 25, 2018, respectively.
+Added: The 2018 Share Plan was approved
+Added: by our shareholders on March 29, 2018.
+Added: the three months ended January 31, 2020, the remaining outstanding options under the Anixa Biosciences, Inc.
+Added: 2003 Share Incentive
+Added: Plan (the “2003 Plan”) expired.
Option Activity
−Removed: the nine months ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, we granted options to purchase 800,000 shares and 10,000 shares of common stock,
−Removed: respectively, to employees and consultants, with exercise prices ranging from $3.64 to $4.04 per share, pursuant to the 2010 Share
−Removed: Plan and the 2018 Share Plan.
−Removed: During the nine months ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, stock options to purchase 51,100 and 40,000
−Removed: shares of common stock, respectively, were exercised with aggregate proceeds of approximately $122,000 and $103,000, respectively.
−Removed: 2003 Share Plan provided for the grant of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, performance awards
−Removed: and stock units to employees, directors and consultants.
−Removed: In accordance with the provisions of the 2003 Share Plan, the plan terminated
−Removed: with respect to the ability to grant future awards on April 21, 2013.
−Removed: Information regarding the 2003 Share Plan for the nine months
−Removed: ended July 31, 2020 is as follows:
+Added: the three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, we granted options to purchase 1,130,000 shares and 800,000 shares of common
+Added: stock, respectively, to employees and consultants, with exercise prices ranging from $2.83 to $4.04 per share, pursuant to the
+Added: 2018 Share Plan.
+Added: During the three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, stock options to purchase 29,880 and 18,900 shares of
+Added: common stock, respectively, were exercised with aggregate proceeds of approximately $104,000 and $28,000, respectively.
+Added: 2003 Plan provided for the grant of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, performance awards and
+Added: stock units to employees, directors and consultants.
+Added: In accordance with the provisions of the 2003 Plan, the plan terminated with
+Added: respect to the ability to grant future awards on April 21, 2013.
+Added: Information regarding the 2003 Plan for the three months ended
+Added: January 31, 2020 is as follows:
Average Exercise
Price Per Share
+Added: Aggregate Intrinsic
Options outstanding at October 31, 2019
Forfeited/Expired
−Removed: Options outstanding and exercisable at July 31, 2020
−Removed: regarding the 2003 Share Plan for the nine months ended July 31, 2019 is as follows:
−Removed: Average Exercise
−Removed: Price Per Share
−Removed: Intrinsic Value
−Removed: Options outstanding at October 31, 2018
−Removed: Options outstanding and exercisable at July 31, 2019
−Removed: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2003 Share Plan as of July 31,
−Removed: Exercise Prices
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining
−Removed: Contractual Life
−Removed: Average Exercise
−Removed: $0.67 - $17.00
+Added: Options outstanding and exercisable at January 31, 2020
2010 Share Plan provided for the grant of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, performance awards
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with respect to the ability to grant future awards on July 14, 2020.
−Removed: Information regarding the 2010 Share Plan for the nine months
−Removed: ended July 31, 2020 is as follows:
+Added: Information regarding the 2010 Share Plan for the three months
+Added: ended January 31, 2021 is as follows:
Average Exercise
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Forfeited/Expired
−Removed: Options outstanding at July 31, 2020
−Removed: Options exercisable at July 31, 2020
−Removed: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2010 Share Plan as of July 31,
Options outstanding
+Added: at January 31, 2021
Options exercisable
+Added: at January 31, 2021
+Added: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2010 Share Plan as of January
+Added: Options Outstanding
+Added: Options Exercisable
Exercise Prices
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$ 3.46 - $ 5.30
−Removed: regarding the 2010 Share Plan for the nine months ended July 31, 2019 is as follows:
+Added: regarding the 2010 Share Plan for the three months ended January 31, 2020 is as follows:
Average Exercise
Price Per Share
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2019
Forfeited/Expired
−Removed: Options outstanding at July 31, 2019
−Removed: Options exercisable at July 31, 2019
−Removed: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2010 Share Plan as of July 31,
+Added: Options Outstanding at January 31, 2020
+Added: Options Exercisable at January 31, 2020
+Added: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2010 Share Plan as of January
Options Outstanding
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Exercise Prices
−Removed: Number Outstanding
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Number Exercisable
−Removed: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
+Added: Contractual Life
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Contractual Life
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: $ 0.67 - $2.30
+Added: $ 2.58 - $ 3.13
+Added: $ 3.46 - $ 5.75
2018 Share Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock
awards, performance awards and stock units to employees, directors and consultants.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2020, the 2018 Share Plan had
−Removed: 2,258,376 shares available for future grants.
−Removed: Information regarding the 2018 Share Plan for the nine months ended July 31, 2020
+Added: As of January 31, 2021, the 2018 Share Plan
+Added: had 2,000,000 shares available for future grants.
+Added: Information regarding the 2018 Share Plan for the three months ended January
31, 2021 is as follows:
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Forfeited/Expired
−Removed: Options outstanding at July 31, 2020
−Removed: Options exercisable at July 31, 2020
−Removed: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2018 Share Plan as of July 31,
+Added: Options outstanding at January 31, 2021
+Added: Options exercisable at January 31, 2021
+Added: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2018 Share Plan as of January
Options Outstanding
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Exercise Prices
+Added: Contractual Life
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Contractual Life
+Added: Exercise Price
$ 2.09 - $3.70
−Removed: regarding the 2018 Share Plan for the nine months ended July 31, 2019 is as follows:
+Added: $ 3.84 - $4.61
+Added: regarding the 2018 Share Plan for the three months ended January 31, 2020 is as follows:
Average Exercise
Price Per Share
+Added: Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2019
−Removed: Forfeited/Expired
−Removed: Options outstanding at July 31, 2019
−Removed: Options exercisable at July 31, 2019
−Removed: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2018 Share Plan as of July 31,
+Added: Options Outstanding at January 31, 2020
+Added: Options Exercisable at January 31, 2020
+Added: following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable under the 2018 Share Plan as of January
Options Outstanding
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Exercise Prices
+Added: Contractual Life
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Contractual Life
+Added: Exercise Price
$ 3.84 - $4.61
of Share Plans
−Removed: addition to options granted under the 2003 Share Plan, the 2010 Share Plan and the 2018 Share Plan, during the years ended October
−Removed: 31, 2012 and 2013, the Board of Directors approved the grant of stock options to certain employees and directors.
−Removed: regarding stock options that were granted outside of Share Plans for the nine months ended July 31, 2020 is as follows:
−Removed: Average Exercise
−Removed: Price Per Share
−Removed: Options outstanding at October 31, 2019
−Removed: Options outstanding and exercisable at July 31, 2020
+Added: addition to options granted under stock option plans, during the years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, the Board of Directors
+Added: approved the grant of stock options to certain employees and directors.
+Added: Information regarding stock options that were granted
+Added: outside of share plans for the three months ended January 31, 2021 is as follows:
+Added: Average Exercise Price Per Share
+Added: Intrinsic Value
+Added: outstanding at October 31, 2020
+Added: outstanding and exercisable at January 31, 2021
following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable that were granted outside of Share Plans
−Removed: as of July 31, 2020:
+Added: as of January 31, 2021:
Exercise Prices
−Removed: Contractual Life
+Added: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
Exercise Price
−Removed: regarding stock options that were granted outside of Share Plans for the nine months ended July 31, 2019 is as follows:
−Removed: Average Exercise
−Removed: Price Per Share
−Removed: Options outstanding at October 31, 2018
−Removed: Options outstanding and exercisable at July 31, 2019
+Added: regarding stock options that were granted outside of Share Plans for the three months ended January 31, 2020 is as follows:
+Added: Average Exercise Price Per Share
+Added: Intrinsic Value
+Added: outstanding at October 31, 2019
+Added: outstanding and exercisable at January 31, 2020
following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable that were granted outside of Share Plans
−Removed: as of July 31, 2019:
+Added: as of January 31, 2020:
Exercise Prices
+Added: Weighted Average
Contractual Life
Exercise Price
−Removed: $ 2.58-$ 5.56
stock awards granted to employees, directors and consultants that vest upon grant we recognize expense at the date of grant based
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We did not grant any stock awards that vested upon grant during
−Removed: the nine months ended July 31, 2020 or 2019.
+Added: the three months ended January 31, 2021 or 2020.
May 8, 2018, a restricted stock award of 1,500,000 shares of common stock was granted under the 2018 Share Plan to our Chairman,
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compensation cost over the implied service period (median time to vest).
−Removed: During the nine-month and three-month periods ended July
−Removed: 31, 2019, we recorded compensation expense related to the restricted stock award of approximately $1,954,000 and $-0-, respectively.
−Removed: We did not record any compensation expense related to the restricted stock award during the nine-month period ended July 31, 2020.
+Added: We did not record any compensation expense related to
+Added: the restricted stock award during the three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020.
Stock Purchase Plan
Company maintains the Anixa Biosciences, Inc.
−Removed: Employee Stock Purchase Plan which permits eligible employees to purchase shares
−Removed: at not less than 85% of the market value of the Company’s common stock on the offering date or the purchase date of the
−Removed: applicable offering period, whichever is lower.
−Removed: The plan was adopted by our Board of Directors on August 13, 2018 and approved
−Removed: by our shareholders on September 27, 2018.
−Removed: During the nine months ended July 31, 2020, employees purchased 9,618 shares with aggregate
−Removed: proceeds of approximately $15,000.
−Removed: During the nine months ended July 31, 2019, employees purchased 5,411 shares with aggregate
−Removed: proceeds of approximately $19,000.
−Removed: the nine months ended July 31, 2019 we issued a warrant, expiring on November 1, 2023, to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock
−Removed: at $4.04 per share, vesting over 12 months, to a consultant for investor relations services.
−Removed: On November 1, 2019 the warrant was
−Removed: exchanged for a stock option with the same terms as the warrant.
−Removed: During the nine-month and three-month periods ended July 31,
−Removed: 2019, we recorded consulting expense of approximately $64,000 and $21,000, respectively, based on the fair value of the warrant
−Removed: recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.
−Removed: No warrants were issued during the nine months ended July 31, 2020.
−Removed: of July 31, 2020, we also had warrants outstanding to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at $5.03 per share expiring on November
−Removed: VALUE MEASUREMENTS
+Added: Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) which permits eligible employees
+Added: to purchase shares at not less than 85% of the market value of the Company’s common stock on the offering date or the purchase
+Added: date of the applicable offering period, whichever is lower.
+Added: The plan was adopted by our Board of Directors on August 13, 2018
+Added: and approved by our shareholders on September 27, 2018.
+Added: During the three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020, no shares were
+Added: purchased under the ESPP.
+Added: October 30, 2020 we issued a warrant, expiring on October 30, 2025, to purchase 60,000 shares of common stock at $2.06 per share,
+Added: vesting over five months, to a consultant for investor relations services.
+Added: We recorded consulting expense of approximately $57,000
+Added: during the three months ended January 31, 2021, based on the fair value of the warrant on the date of grant recognized on a straight-line
+Added: basis over the vesting period.
+Added: We did not record any consulting expense related to warrants during the three months ended January
+Added: No warrants were issued during the three-month periods ended January 31, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: of January 31, 2021, we also had warrants outstanding to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at $5.03 per share, issued during
+Added: fiscal year 2017 and expiring on November 30, 2021.
+Added: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
GAAP defines fair value and establishes a framework for measuring fair value.
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about the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing the asset and liabilities.
−Removed: following table presents the hierarchy for our financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of July 31, 2020:
+Added: following table presents the hierarchy for our financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of January 31,
Money market funds:
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Total financial assets
−Removed: non-financial assets that are measured on a non-recurring basis include our property and equipment and which are measured using
−Removed: fair value techniques whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate a condition of impairment exists.
−Removed: The estimated fair
−Removed: value of accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximates their individual carrying amounts
−Removed: due to the short-term nature of these measurements.
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents are stated at carrying value which approximates
+Added: non-financial assets that are measured on a non-recurring basis include our other assets which are measured using fair value techniques
+Added: whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate a condition of impairment exists.
+Added: The estimated fair value of prepaid expenses
+Added: and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximates their individual carrying amounts due to the short-term
+Added: nature of these measurements.
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents are stated at carrying value which approximates fair value.
+Added: ACCRUED EXPENSES
expenses consist of the following as of:
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Accrued royalty and contingent legal fees
−Removed: Accrued collaborative research and license expenses
−Removed: Accrued severance costs
+Added: Accrued collaborative research and license expense
Accrued other
−Removed: LOSS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
+Added: NET LOSS PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
net loss per common share (“Basic EPS”) is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common
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would be anti-dilutive.
−Removed: For this reason, excluded from the calculation of Diluted EPS for the nine and three months ended July
−Removed: 31, 2020 and 2019, were stock options to purchase 8,101,658 and 7,268,668 shares, respectively, and warrants to purchase 500,000
−Removed: and 545,000 shares, respectively.
−Removed: OF RECENTLY ADOPTED AND ISSUED PRONOUNCEMENTS
+Added: For this reason, excluded from the calculation of Diluted EPS for the three months ended January 31, 2021
+Added: and 2020, were stock options to purchase 8,659,134 and 8,407,234 shares, respectively, and warrants to purchase 560,000 and 500,000
+Added: shares, respectively.
+Added: EFFECT OF RECENTLY ADOPTED AND ISSUED PRONOUNCEMENTS
February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 (“ASU 2016-02”)
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pre-tax losses and the uncertainty regarding the realizability of these deferred tax assets.
−Removed: have substantial net operating loss carryforwards for Federal, New York State and California income tax returns.
−Removed: These net operating
−Removed: loss carryforwards could be subject to limitations under Internal Revenue Code section 382.
−Removed: We have no unrecognized income tax
−Removed: benefits as of July 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019 and we account for interest and penalties related to income tax matters, if
−Removed: any, in general and administrative expenses.
+Added: have substantial net operating loss carryforwards for Federal and California income tax returns.
+Added: These net operating loss carryforwards
+Added: could be subject to limitations under Internal Revenue Code section 382.
+Added: We have no unrecognized income tax benefits as of January
+Added: 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020 and we account for interest and penalties related to income tax matters, if any, in general and
+Added: administrative expenses.
lease approximately 2,000 square feet of office space at 3150 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California (our principal executive
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operating costs.
−Removed: Under an operating lease that expired on May 31, 2019 we also leased approximately 3,000 square feet of office
−Removed: space at 12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California (our former executive offices) from an unrelated party.
−Removed: 1, 2018, we had subleased these facilities.
−Removed: Rent expense was approximately $48,000 and $46,000, respectively, for the nine months
−Removed: ended July 31, 2020 and 2019, and approximately $16,000 and $16,000, respectively, for the three months ended July 31, 2020 and
+Added: Rent expense was approximately $16,000 and $16,000, respectively, for the three months ended January 31, 2021
November 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASC 842, which increases transparency and comparability by recognizing a lessee’s
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The Company adopted the new guidance using the modified retrospective approach on November 1, 2019.
−Removed: the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of October 31, 2019 was not restated and is not comparative.
−Removed: adoption of ASC 842 resulted in the recognition of ROU assets of $106,221, and lease liabilities for operating leases of $106,299
−Removed: on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of November 1, 2019.
−Removed: The difference between the ROU assets and
−Removed: the operating lease liability represents the difference between the lease cost and the amount of rent paid in October.
Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted within the standard, which allow an entity to forgo reassessing
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not include a purchase option that Anixa is more than reasonably certain to exercise.
−Removed: For operating leases,
−Removed: the lease liability is initially and subsequently measured at the present value of the unpaid lease payments.
−Removed: The remaining 14-month
−Removed: lease term as of July 31, 2020 for the Company’s lease includes the noncancelable period of the lease.
−Removed: The lease does
−Removed: not contain a Company option to extend the lease or an option to extend the lease controlled by the lessor.
−Removed: All ROU assets are
−Removed: reviewed for impairment.
+Added: operating leases, the lease liability is initially and subsequently measured at the present value of the unpaid lease payments.
+Added: The remaining 8-month lease term as of January 31, 2021 for the Company’s lease includes the noncancelable period of the
+Added: The lease does not contain a Company option to extend the lease or an option to extend the lease controlled by the lessor.
+Added: All ROU assets are reviewed for impairment.
sheet information related to the Company’s lease is presented below:
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Operating lease liability
−Removed: Right-of-use liability, non-current
−Removed: Operating lease liability, non-current
−Removed: of July 31, 2020, the annual minimum lease payments of our operating lease liabilities were as follows:
−Removed: Years Ending October 31,
+Added: of January 31, 2021, the annual minimum lease payments of our operating lease liabilities were as follows:
Operating Leases
−Removed: 2020 (excluding the nine months ended July 31, 2020)
−Removed: Total future minimum payments, undiscounted
+Added: 2021 future minimum payments, undiscounted
Imputed interest
Present value of future minimum lease payments
−Removed: AND CONTINGENCES
+Added: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCES
are not involved in any litigation or other legal proceedings and management is not aware of any pending litigation or legal proceeding
against us that would have a material adverse effect upon our results of operations or financial condition.
+Added: of Coronavirus Pandemic
+Added: March 10, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
+Added: The virus and actions taken to mitigate
+Added: its spread have had and are expected to continue to have a broad adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many
+Added: countries, including the geographical areas in which the Company operates and conducts its business and which the Company’s
+Added: partners operate and conduct their business.
+Added: We are currently following the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize
+Added: exposure risk for our team members and visitors.
+Added: However, the scale and scope of this pandemic is unknown and the duration of
+Added: the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
+Added: While we have implemented specific
+Added: business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-19, there is no guarantee that our continuity plans will be
+Added: have already experienced certain disruptions to our business such as temporary closure of our offices and similar disruptions
+Added: have occurred for our partners.
+Added: Specifically, the outbreak has caused temporary shutdowns of the laboratories and other service
+Added: providers that we rely on to develop our programs, and those laboratories and service providers that have been operating or that
+Added: have begun operating recently have been doing so with more limited capacity due to social distancing requirements.
+Added: our progress has been slowed and there is no assurance that we will be able to meet our previously announced timelines regarding
+Added: the advancement of our programs.
+Added: extent to which COVID-19 or any other health epidemic may impact our results will depend on future developments, which are highly
+Added: uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions
+Added: to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others.
+Added: Accordingly, COVID-19 could have a material adverse effect on our business,
+Added: results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
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Therapeutics, (ii) Cancer Vaccines, (iii) Anti-Viral Therapeutics, (iv) Cancer Diagnostics and (v) our legacy Patent Licensing
−Removed: The following represents selected financial information for our segments for the three and nine months ended July
−Removed: 31, 2020 and 2019 and as of July 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019:
+Added: The following represents selected financial information for our segments for the three months ended January 31, 2021
+Added: and 2020 and as of January 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020:
For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: For the Nine Months Ended
CAR-T Therapeutics
−Removed: $ (1,527,586 )
−Removed: $ (4,240,347 )
Cancer Vaccines
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$ (2,616,575 )
−Removed: $ (7,851,352 )
−Removed: $ (9,707,591 )
Total operating costs and expenses
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Operating costs and expenses excluding non-cash share-based compensation
−Removed: Operating costs and expenses excluding non-cash share based compensation:
+Added: Operating costs and expenses excluding non-cash share based compensation expense:
CAR-T Therapeutics
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Patent Licensing
−Removed: costs and expenses excluding non-cash share-based compensation expense is the measurement the chief operating decision-maker uses
−Removed: in managing the enterprise.
−Removed: IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
−Removed: March 10, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
−Removed: The virus and actions taken to mitigate
−Removed: its spread have had and are expected to continue to have a broad adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many
−Removed: countries, including the geographical areas in which the Company operates and conducts its business and which the Company’s
−Removed: partners operate and conduct their business.
−Removed: We are currently following the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize
−Removed: exposure risk for our team members and visitors.
−Removed: However, the scale and scope of this pandemic is unknown and the duration of
−Removed: the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
−Removed: While we have implemented specific
−Removed: business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-19, there is no guarantee that our continuity plans will be
−Removed: have already experienced certain disruptions to our business such as temporary closure of our offices and similar disruptions
−Removed: have occurred for our partners.
−Removed: Specifically, the outbreak has caused shutdowns of the laboratories and other service providers
−Removed: that we rely on to develop our CAR-T and breast cancer vaccine programs, and those laboratories and service providers that have
−Removed: been operating or that have begun operating recently have been doing so with more limited capacity due to social distancing requirements.
−Removed: As a result, our progress has been slowed and there is no assurance that we will be able to meet our previously announced timelines
−Removed: regarding the IND filings for our CAR-T therapy for ovarian cancer and for our breast cancer vaccine.
−Removed: extent to which COVID-19 or any other health epidemic may impact our results will depend on future developments, which are highly
−Removed: uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions
−Removed: to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others.
−Removed: Accordingly, COVID-19 could have a material adverse effect on our business,
−Removed: results of operations, financial condition and prospects.
+Added: costs and expenses excluding non-cash share-based compensation is the measurement the chief operating decision-maker uses in managing
+Added: the enterprise.
+Added: Company’s consolidated revenue of $512,500 and inventor royalties, contingent legal fees, litigation and licensing expense
+Added: of $385,002 for the three months ended January 31, 2021 were solely related to our patent licensing segment which consists of
+Added: our encrypted audio/video conference calling technology.
+Added: All our revenue is generated domestically (United States) based on the
+Added: country in which the licensee is located.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
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OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: months ended July 31, 2020 compared with nine months ended July 31, 2019
−Removed: did not record any revenue for the nine months ended July 31, 2020.
−Removed: For the nine months ended July 31, 2019, we recorded revenue
−Removed: of $250,000 from one license agreement.
−Removed: The license agreement provided for a one-time, non-recurring, lump sum payment in exchange
−Removed: for a non-exclusive retroactive and future license, and covenant not to sue.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we have no
−Removed: further obligations with respect to the granted intellectual property rights, including no obligation to maintain or upgrade the
−Removed: technology, or provide future support or services.
−Removed: Accordingly, the performance obligations from this license agreement were satisfied
−Removed: and 100% of the revenue was recognized upon execution of the license agreement.
−Removed: As discussed in Note 1 to our condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements, as part of our legacy operations, the Company remains engaged in limited patent licensing activities which
−Removed: we do not expect to be a significant part of our ongoing operations or revenue.
−Removed: assertion expenses
−Removed: Patent assertion expenses decreased from approximately $166,000
−Removed: in the nine months ended July 31, 2019 to $-0- in the nine months ended July 31, 2020.
−Removed: The decrease was primarily due to the decrease
−Removed: in related revenues.
+Added: months ended January 31, 2021 compared with three months ended January 31, 2020
+Added: the three months ended January 31, 2021, we recorded revenue of $512,500 from one license agreement.
+Added: The license agreement provided
+Added: for a one-time, non-recurring, lump sum payment in exchange for a non-exclusive retroactive and future license, and covenant not
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we have no further obligations with respect to the granted intellectual property
+Added: rights, including no obligation to maintain or upgrade the technology, or provide future support or services.
+Added: Accordingly, the
+Added: performance obligations from this license agreement were satisfied and 100% of the revenue was recognized upon execution of the
+Added: license agreement.
+Added: As discussed in Note 1 to our condensed consolidated financial statements, as part of our legacy operations,
+Added: the Company remains engaged in limited patent licensing activities which we do not expect to be a significant part of our ongoing
+Added: operations or revenue.
+Added: had no revenue during the three-month period ended January 31, 2020.
+Added: Royalties, Contingent Legal Fees, Litigation and Licensing Expenses
+Added: royalties, contingent legal fees, litigation and licensing expenses increased to approximately $385,000 in the three months ended
+Added: January 31, 2021 from $-0- in the three months ended January 31, 2020.
+Added: The increase was primarily due to the increase in related
Inventor royalties and contingent legal fees are expensed in the period that the related revenues are recognized.
−Removed: Litigation and licensing expenses related to patent assertion, other than contingent legal fees, are expensed in the period incurred.
−Removed: of patents was $-0- in the nine months ended July 31, 2020 compared to approximately $419,000 in the comparable prior year.
−Removed: capitalize patent and patent rights acquisition costs and amortize the cost over the estimated economic useful life.
−Removed: in amortization of patents was due to the patent asset being fully amortized in fiscal year 2019.
+Added: and licensing expenses related to patent assertion, other than contingent legal fees, are expensed in the period incurred.
and Development Expenses
−Removed: and development expenses are related to the development of our cancer diagnostics and therapeutics programs and our anti-viral
−Removed: drug program, and decreased by approximately $628,000 to approximately $3,974,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2020, from
−Removed: approximately $4,602,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019.
+Added: and development expenses are related to the development of our cancer therapeutics, vaccine and diagnostics programs and our anti-viral
+Added: drug program, and decreased by approximately $663,000 to approximately $828,000 in the three months ended January 31, 2021, from
+Added: approximately $1,491,000 in the three months ended January 31, 2020.
The decrease in research and development expenses was primarily
−Removed: due to a decrease in employee stock award compensation expense of approximately $1,251,000 and a decrease in employee stock option
−Removed: compensation expense of approximately $75,000, offset by an increase in outside research and development expense, excluding license
−Removed: expense, of approximately $406,000 primarily related to the development of Cchek™, our non-invasive blood tests for early
−Removed: detection of cancer, an increase in employee compensation and related costs, other than stock option compensation expense and
−Removed: stock awards of approximately $136,000 and an increase in consulting expense related to our Cchek™
−Removed: program of approximately
−Removed: and development expenses incurred in the nine months ended July 31, 2020 associated with each of our development programs consisted
−Removed: of approximately $2,578,000 for cancer diagnostics, approximately $798,000 for CAR-T therapeutics, approximately $329,000 for
−Removed: anti-viral therapeutics, and approximately $269,000 for cancer vaccines.
−Removed: and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $643,000 to approximately $3,762,000 in the nine months ended July 31,
−Removed: 2020, from approximately $4,405,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2019.
−Removed: The decrease in general and administrative expenses
−Removed: in 2020 was principally due to a decrease in employee stock award compensation expense of approximately $704,000, a decrease in
−Removed: legal and accounting fees of approximately $338,000 in fiscal year 2020 primarily related to fees incurred in fiscal year 2019
−Removed: in connection with a putative shareholder derivative complaint which was settled in August 2019, a decrease in expense resulting
−Removed: from the discharge in January 2020 of a disputed liability of approximately $337,000 upon the expiration of the vendor’s
−Removed: statutory right to pursue collection of the disputed liability which reduced expenses in fiscal year 2020, a decrease in expense
−Removed: resulting from a patent expense reimbursement to Cleveland Clinic of approximately $164,000 in fiscal 2019 which reduced expenses
−Removed: in fiscal year 2020 and a decrease in investor relations and public relations expense of approximately $80,000, offset by an increase
−Removed: in employee compensation and related costs, other than stock option compensation expense and stock award compensation expense,
−Removed: of approximately $502,000 which included approximately $157,000 of severance costs related to the suspension of the Cchek™
−Removed: liquid biopsy program, an increase in employee stock option expense of approximately $283,000, an increase in corporate insurance
−Removed: expense of approximately $156,000 primarily due to an increase in directors and officers insurance premium and an increase in
−Removed: consultant stock option expense of approximately $73,000.
−Removed: in Carrying Amount of Patent Assets
−Removed: impairment in carrying amount of patent assets related to our legacy patent licensing activities of approximately $419,000 in
−Removed: the nine months ended July 31, 2019 resulted from the write down of the value of our patent assets to the estimated undiscounted
−Removed: future cash flows we anticipated receiving from the patent assets as of January 31, 2019.
−Removed: Our estimates of future cash flows were
−Removed: based on our most recent assessment of the market for potential licensees, as well as the status of ongoing negotiations with
−Removed: potential licensees.
−Removed: expense was $148,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2020 compared to $-0- in the comparable prior year.
−Removed: Other expense in fiscal
−Removed: year 2020 represents loss on disposal of property and equipment.
−Removed: income decreased by approximately $21,000 to approximately $33,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2020, from approximately
−Removed: $54,000 in the comparable prior year period as a result of a decrease in interest rates.
−Removed: Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
−Removed: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest, representing Wistar’s 5% ownership interest in Certainty’s net loss,
−Removed: decreased by approximately $91,000 to approximately $57,000 in the nine months ended July 31, 2020, from approximately $148,000
−Removed: in the nine months ended July 31, 2019, as Certainty’s net loss decreased.
−Removed: The decrease in Certainty’s net loss was
−Removed: primarily due to decreases in employee stock option compensation expense and employee stock award compensation expense.
−Removed: months ended July 31, 2020 compared with three months ended July31, 2019
−Removed: had no revenue during the three-month periods ended July 31, 2020 and 2019.
−Removed: of patents was $-0- in the three months ended July 31, 2020 compared to approximately $42,000 in the comparable prior year.
−Removed: capitalize patent and patent rights acquisition costs and amortize the cost over the estimated economic useful life.
−Removed: in amortization of patents was due to the patent asset being fully amortized in fiscal year 2019.
−Removed: and Development Expenses
−Removed: and development expenses are related to the development of our cancer diagnostics and therapeutics programs and our anti-viral
−Removed: drug program, and increased by approximately $168,000 to approximately $1,254,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2020, from
−Removed: approximately $1,086,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase in research and development expenses was primarily
−Removed: due to an increase in consulting expense of approximately $108,000 related to our Cchek™
−Removed: liquid biopsy program, an increase
−Removed: in employee compensation and related costs, other than stock option compensation expense and stock award compensation expense,
−Removed: of approximately $94,000, an increase in employee stock option expense of approximately $54,000, offset by a decrease of approximately
−Removed: $100,000 of license fees paid to Cleveland Clinic.
−Removed: and development expenses incurred in the three months ended July 31, 2020 associated with each of our development programs consisted
−Removed: of approximately $749,000 for cancer diagnostics, approximately $233,000 for CAR-T therapeutics, approximately $173,000 for anti-viral
−Removed: therapeutics, and approximately $99,000 for cancer vaccines.
+Added: due to a decrease in outside research and development expense, excluding license expense, of approximately $414,000, a decrease
+Added: in employee compensation and related costs, other than stock option compensation expense, of approximately $269,000 and a decrease
+Added: in employee stock option compensation expense of approximately $105,000, all due to the suspension of development of our cancer
+Added: diagnostics program, offset by an increase in license fees of approximately $155,000 primarily related to development of our cancer
+Added: vaccine technologies.
+Added: and development expenses incurred in the three months ended January 31, 2021 associated with each of our development programs
+Added: consisted of approximately $363,000 for CAR-T therapeutics, approximately $294,000 for cancer vaccines, approximately $169,000
+Added: for anti-viral therapeutics and approximately $2,000 for cancer diagnostics.
and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: and administrative expenses increased by approximately $125,000 to approximately $1,182,000 in the three months ended July 31,
−Removed: 2020, from approximately $1,057,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase in general and administrative expenses
−Removed: in fiscal year 2020 was principally due to an increase in employee compensation and related costs, other than stock option compensation
−Removed: expense and stock award compensation expense, of approximately $174,000 which included approximately $157,000 of severance costs
−Removed: related to the suspension of the Cchek™
−Removed: liquid biopsy program, an increase in employee stock option compensation expense
−Removed: of approximately $159,000, an increase in legal and accounting fees of approximately $101,000, offset by a decrease in expense
−Removed: resulting from a patent expense reimbursement to Cleveland Clinic of approximately $164,000 in fiscal 2019 which reduced expenses
−Removed: in fiscal year 2020 and a decrease in consulting expense of approximately $118,000 primarily related to commercialization of the
−Removed: expense was $148,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2020 compared to $-0- in the comparable prior year.
−Removed: Other expense in fiscal
−Removed: year 2020 represents loss on disposal of property and equipment.
−Removed: income decreased by approximately $11,000 to approximately $7,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2020, from approximately
+Added: and administrative expenses increased by approximately $394,000 to approximately $1,533,000 in the three months ended January
+Added: 31, 2021, from approximately $1,139,000 in the three months ended January 31, 2020.
+Added: The increase in general and administrative
+Added: expenses was primarily due to non-recurring income in the prior year period resulting from the discharge in January 2020 of a
+Added: disputed liability of approximately $337,000 upon the expiration of the vendor’s statutory right to pursue collection of
+Added: the disputed liability, an increase in directors compensation of approximately $81,000, an increase in patent expense of approximately
+Added: $76,000 and an increase in consultant stock option and warrant expense of approximately $56,000, offset by a decrease in employee
+Added: compensation and related costs, other than stock option compensation expense, of approximately $148,000.
+Added: income decreased by approximately $12,000 to approximately $1,000 in the three months ended January 31, 2021, from approximately
$13,000 in the comparable prior year period as a result of a decrease in interest rates.
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net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest, representing Wistar’s 5% ownership interest in Certainty’s net loss,
−Removed: decreased by approximately $11,000 to approximately $15,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2020, from approximately $26,000
−Removed: in the three months ended July 31, 2019, as Certainty’s net loss decreased.
−Removed: The decrease in Certainty’s net loss was
−Removed: primarily due to decreases in employee stock option compensation expense and employee stock award compensation expense.
+Added: was approximately $24,000 and $24,000, respectively, in the three months ended January 31, 2021 and 2020.
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
primary sources of liquidity are cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.
−Removed: on currently available information as of September 8, 2020, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments
+Added: on currently available information as of March 11, 2021, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments
and expected cash flows will be sufficient to fund our activities for the next twelve months.
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we may be required to obtain more working capital.
−Removed: During the nine months ended July 31, 2020, we raised an aggregate of approximately
−Removed: $7,866,000, net of expenses, through the sale of 3,261,282 shares of common stock in our at-the-market equity offerings.
−Removed: included approximately $427,000, net of expenses, through the sale of 112,238 shares of common stock in an at-the market equity
−Removed: offering which expired in November 2019 and approximately $7,439,000, net of expenses, through the sale of 3,149,044 shares of
−Removed: common stock in an at-the-market equity offering under which we may issue up to $50 million of common stock.
−Removed: Under our current
−Removed: at-the-market equity program which is currently effective and may remain available for us to use in the future, we may sell an
−Removed: additional approximately $42,260,000 of common stock.
−Removed: We may seek to obtain working capital during our fiscal year 2020 or thereafter
−Removed: through sales of our equity securities or through bank credit facilities or public or private debt from various financial institutions
−Removed: where possible.
−Removed: We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.
−Removed: If we do identify
−Removed: sources for additional funding, the sale of additional equity securities or convertible debt could result in dilution to our stockholders.
−Removed: We can give no assurance that we will generate sufficient cash flows in the future to satisfy our liquidity requirements or sustain
−Removed: future operations, or that other sources of funding, such as sales of equity or debt, would be available or would be approved
−Removed: by our security holders, if needed, on favorable terms or at all.
−Removed: If we fail to obtain additional working capital as and when
−Removed: needed, such failure could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: such lack of funds may inhibit our ability to respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated capital needs, or may force us
−Removed: to reduce operating expenses, which would significantly harm the business and development of operations.
−Removed: the nine months ended July 31, 2020, cash used in operating activities was approximately $4,762,000.
−Removed: Cash used in investing activities
−Removed: was approximately $806,000, resulting from the purchased of certificates of deposit totaling $5,510,000 and the purchase of property
−Removed: and equipment of approximately $16,000, which was offset by the proceeds on maturities of certificates of deposit totaling $4,720,000.
−Removed: Cash provided by financing activities was approximately $8,004,000, resulting from the sale of 3,261,282 shares of common stock
−Removed: in our at-the-market equity offering over the past nine months of approximately $7,866,000 (which is ongoing), the proceeds from
−Removed: sale of common stock pursuant to employee stock purchase plan of approximately $15,000 and the proceeds from exercise of stock
+Added: During the three months ended January 31, 2021, we raised approximately $5,957,000,
+Added: net of expenses, through an at-the-market equity offering of 1,900,547 shares of common stock, under which offering we may issue
+Added: up to $50 million of common stock.
+Added: Under our at-the-market equity program which is currently effective and may remain available
+Added: for us to use in the future, as of January 31, 2021, we may sell an additional approximately $34,670,000 of common stock.
+Added: seek to obtain working capital during our fiscal year 2021 or thereafter through sales of our equity securities or through bank
+Added: credit facilities or public or private debt from various financial institutions where possible.
+Added: We cannot be certain that additional
+Added: funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: If we do identify sources for additional funding, the sale of additional
+Added: equity securities or convertible debt could result in dilution to our stockholders.
+Added: We can give no assurance that we will generate
+Added: sufficient cash flows in the future to satisfy our liquidity requirements or sustain future operations, or that other sources
+Added: of funding, such as sales of equity or debt, would be available or would be approved by our security holders, if needed, on favorable
+Added: terms or at all.
+Added: If we fail to obtain additional working capital as and when needed, such failure could have a material adverse
+Added: impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: Furthermore, such lack of funds may inhibit our ability
+Added: to respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated capital needs, or may force us to reduce operating expenses, which would
+Added: significantly harm the business and development of operations.
+Added: the three months ended January 31, 2021, cash used in operating activities was approximately $1,170,000.
+Added: Cash provided by investing
+Added: activities was approximately $675,000, resulting from the proceeds on maturities of certificates of deposit totaling $1,640,000
+Added: and the proceeds from the sale of equipment of approximately $35,000, which was offset by the purchases of certificates of deposit
+Added: of approximately $1,000,000.
+Added: Cash provided by financing activities was approximately $6,061,000, resulting from the sale of 1,900,547
+Added: shares of common stock in an at-the-market equity offering of approximately $5,957,000 and the proceeds from exercise of stock
options of approximately $104,000.
−Removed: As a result, our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments at July 31, 2020 increased
+Added: As a result, our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments at January 31, 2021 increased
approximately $4,926,000 to approximately $13,983,000 from approximately $9,057,000 at the end of fiscal year 2020.
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subjective or complex judgments:
−Removed: Compensation.
revenue has been derived solely from technology licensing and the sale of patented technologies.
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that reflects the consideration we expect to receive.
−Removed: November 1, 2018 we adopted Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 (“ASU 2014-09”), Revenue from Contracts with Customers
−Removed: using the modified retrospective method.
−Removed: Upon adoption of ASU 2014-09 we are required to make certain judgments and estimates
−Removed: in connection with the accounting for revenue.
−Removed: Such areas may include determining the existence of a contract and identifying
−Removed: each party’s rights and obligations to transfer goods and services, identifying the performance obligations in the contract,
−Removed: determining the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to separate performance obligations, estimating the timing
−Removed: of satisfaction of performance obligations, determining whether a promise to grant a license is distinct from other promised goods
−Removed: or services and evaluating whether a license transfers to a customer at a point in time or over time.
−Removed: revenue arrangements provide for the payment of contractually determined, one-time, paid-up license fees in settlement of litigation
−Removed: and in consideration for the grant of certain intellectual property rights for patented technologies owned or controlled by the
+Added: follow the accounting guidance of Accounting Standards Codification 606 (“ASC 606”), Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
+Added: In accordance with ASC 606 we are required to make certain judgments and estimates in connection with the accounting for revenue.
+Added: Such areas may include determining the existence of a contract and identifying each party’s rights and obligations to transfer
+Added: goods and services, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price and allocating
+Added: the transaction price to separate performance obligations, estimating the timing of satisfaction of performance obligations, determining
+Added: whether a promise to grant a license is distinct from other promised goods or services and evaluating whether a license transfers
+Added: to a customer at a point in time or over time.
+Added: revenue arrangements provide for the payment, within 30 days of execution of the agreement, of contractually determined, one-time,
+Added: paid-up license fees in settlement of litigation and in consideration for the grant of certain intellectual property rights for
+Added: patented technologies owned or controlled by the Company.
These arrangements typically include some combination of the following:
−Removed: (i) the grant of a non-exclusive, retroactive
−Removed: and future license to manufacture and/or sell products covered by patented technologies owned or controlled by the Company, (ii)
−Removed: a covenant-not-to-sue, (iii) the release of the licensee from certain claims, and (iv) the dismissal of any pending litigation.
−Removed: In such instances, the intellectual property rights granted have been perpetual in nature, extending until the expiration of the
−Removed: related patents.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, we have no further obligations with respect to the granted intellectual
−Removed: property rights, including no obligation to maintain or upgrade the technology, or provide future support or services.
−Removed: obtained control of the intellectual property rights they have acquired upon execution of the agreement.
−Removed: Accordingly, the performance
−Removed: obligations from these agreements were satisfied and 100% of the revenue was recognized upon the execution of the agreements.
−Removed: The adoption of ASU 2014-09 had no impact on revenue recognized.
−Removed: compensation cost for service-based stock options granted to employees and directors is measured at the grant date, based on the
−Removed: fair value of the award using the Black-Scholes pricing model, and is recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the
−Removed: requisite service period (the vesting period of the stock option) which is one to four years.
−Removed: For employee options vesting if
−Removed: the trading price of the Company’s common stock exceeds certain price targets we use a Monte Carlo Simulation in estimating
−Removed: the fair value at grant date and recognize compensation cost over the implied service period.
+Added: (i) the grant of a non-exclusive, retroactive and future license to manufacture and/or sell products covered by patented technologies
+Added: owned or controlled by the Company, (ii) a covenant-not-to-sue, (iii) the release of the licensee from certain claims, and (iv)
+Added: the dismissal of any pending litigation.
+Added: In such instances, the intellectual property rights granted have been perpetual in nature,
+Added: extending until the expiration of the related patents.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, we have no further obligations
+Added: with respect to the granted intellectual property rights, including no obligation to maintain or upgrade the technology, or provide
+Added: future support or services.
+Added: Licensees obtained control of the intellectual property rights they have acquired upon execution of
+Added: the agreement.
+Added: Accordingly, the performance obligations from these agreements were satisfied and 100% of the revenue was recognized
+Added: upon the execution of the agreements.
+Added: compensation cost for service-based stock options granted to employees, directors and consultants is measured at the grant date,
+Added: based on the fair value of the award using the Black-Scholes pricing model, and is recognized as an expense on a straight-line
+Added: basis over the requisite service period (the vesting period of the stock option) which is one to four years.
+Added: For employee options
+Added: vesting if the trading price of the Company’s common stock exceeds certain price targets we use a Monte Carlo Simulation
+Added: in estimating the fair value at grant date and recognize compensation cost over the implied service period.
stock awards granted to employees and directors that vest at date of grant we recognize expense based on the grant date market
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period (median time to vest).
−Removed: November 1, 2018 we adopted Accounting Standards Update 2018-07 (“ASU 2018-027”) for stock-based compensation to non-employees.
−Removed: Upon adoption of ASU 2018-07 we estimated the fair value of unvested awards at the date of adoption, using the Black-Scholes pricing
−Removed: Future grants to consultants will be measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award using the Black-Scholes
−Removed: pricing model, consistent with our policy for grants to employees and directors.
Black-Scholes pricing model and the Monte Carlo Simulation we use to estimate fair value requires valuation assumptions of expected
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the weighted average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding.
−Removed: We use the simplified method, which is a weighted
−Removed: average of the vesting term and contractual term, to determine expected term.
−Removed: The simplified method was adopted since we do not
−Removed: believe that historical experience is representative of future performance because of the impact of the changes in our operations
−Removed: and the change in terms from historical options.
−Removed: Under the Black-Scholes pricing model, we estimated the expected volatility of
−Removed: our shares of common stock based upon the historical volatility of our share price over a period of time equal to the expected
−Removed: term of the grants.
−Removed: We estimated the risk-free interest rate based on the implied yield available on the applicable grant date
−Removed: Treasury note with a term equal to the expected term of the underlying grants.
−Removed: We made the dividend yield assumption
−Removed: based on our history of not paying dividends and our expectation not to pay dividends in the future.
−Removed: will reconsider use of the Black-Scholes pricing model and Monte Carlo Simulation if additional information becomes available
−Removed: in the future that indicates other models would be more appropriate.
+Added: For employees we use the simplified method,
+Added: which is a weighted average of the vesting term and contractual term, to determine expected term.
+Added: The simplified method was adopted
+Added: since we do not believe that historical experience is representative of future performance because of the impact of the changes
+Added: in our operations and the change in terms from historical options.
+Added: For consultants we use the contract term for expected term.
+Added: Under the Black-Scholes pricing model, we estimated the expected volatility of our shares of common stock based upon the historical
+Added: volatility of our share price over a period of time equal to the expected term of the grants.
+Added: We estimated the risk-free interest
+Added: rate based on the implied yield available on the applicable grant date of a U.S.
+Added: Treasury note with a term equal to the expected
+Added: term of the underlying grants.
+Added: We made the dividend yield assumption based on our history of not paying dividends and our expectation
+Added: not to pay dividends in the future.
+Added: will reconsider use of the Black-Scholes pricing model and the Monte Carlo Simulation if additional information becomes available
+Added: in the future that indicates another model would be more appropriate.
If factors change and we employ different assumptions in
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OF RECENTLY ISSUED PRONOUNCEMENTS
−Removed: discuss the effect of recently issued pronouncements in the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
+Added: do not believe that any of the recently issued accounting pronouncements will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
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