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However, readers should carefully review the risk factors set forth herein and in other reports and documents that we file from time to
−Removed: time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly the Report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and any Current Reports on Form 8-K.
+Added: time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly the Reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and any Current Reports on Form
Narrative Description of the Business
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to replace the manual software designs which are currently in use and cannot satisfy the exponential growth of future IoT industry demand.
−Removed: We believe our ultra-narrowband PLC enables our users to send data over existing electrical power cables and immediately establish a ubiquitous
−Removed: data network without substantial new investment for a dedicated wiring infrastructure.
−Removed: We believe our ultra-narrow band technology is
−Removed: capable of overcoming the noise problems communicating through power lines that have hindered our competitors for over a century.
−Removed: our wireless communication technology allows for longer-range coverage, is more energy effective and has much faster data sending speeds
−Removed: than the current 5G technology speeds being used.
−Removed: We also provide sensor devices and are a wholesaler of various air filters and digital,
−Removed: analog, and quantum light meter systems.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31,
−Removed: 2023 and 2022, we generated significant amount of our revenue from sales of a broad selection of agricultural sensors and measurement
−Removed: equipment which is our primary business.
−Removed: Our Current Products Include:
+Added: Internal testing suggests that our ultra-narrowband PLC technology enables users to send data over existing electrical power cables, establishing
+Added: a ubiquitous data network without substantial investment for a new dedicated wiring infrastructure.
+Added: We believe our ultra-narrowband technology
+Added: is capable of overcoming the noise problems communicating through power lines that have hindered our competitors for over a century.
+Added: our view, our wireless communication technology allows for longer-range coverage, is more energy efficient and has much faster data sending
+Added: speeds than the current 5G technology speeds being used.
+Added: We also provide sensor devices and are a wholesaler of various air filters and
+Added: digital, analog, and quantum light meter systems.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022,
+Added: we generated a significant amount of our revenue from sales of a broad selection of agricultural sensors and measurement equipment which
+Added: is our primary business.
+Added: Our Current Products
We are a wholesaler of various digital, analog,
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We are building a U.S.
−Removed: already begun marketing our current AVX branded surveillance camera system (cameras and NVRs) and indoor and outdoor LED screens.
+Added: already begun marketing our current AVX-branded surveillance camera system (cameras and network video recorders (NVRs)) and indoor and
+Added: outdoor LED screens.
In our hydroponics segment, our honeycomb activated
−Removed: carbon filter product has been issued a patent in October 2022, and the production of the products in several different formats has been
−Removed: completed and are ready to ship to the USA for nationwide marketing.
+Added: carbon filter product was issued a patent in October 2022;
+Added: this product in several different forms is in inventory at our warehouse in
+Added: Ontario, CA ready for nationwide marketing.
Our products on the home automation front are
−Removed: also beginning production.
−Removed: Of note, (1) smart wall touch light switches, (2) digital control smart wall touch light switches, (3) smart
−Removed: timers, and finally (4) smart controllers are ready for production.
−Removed: Currently, our Shenzhen subsidiary unit mainly
−Removed: focuses on product development and commercialization.
−Removed: An important electrode with a “Total Dissolved Solids” (“TDS”)
−Removed: meter design, with applications in all solubility measurements, was completed and approved by our US management team.
+Added: beginning the production cycle.
+Added: Of note, smart wall touch light switches, digital control smart wall touch light switches, smart timers,
+Added: and smart controllers are ready for production.
+Added: Sourcing of electronic parts for these products is completed, the cost analysis of
+Added: these products is completed, and most of the tooling for production has been completed.
+Added: Currently, our Shenzhen subsidiary mainly focuses
+Added: on product development and commercialization.
+Added: An important electrode with a “Total Dissolved Solids” (“TDS”) meter
+Added: design, with applications in all solubility measurements, was completed and approved by our U.S.
+Added: management team.
+Added: The designs of
+Added: our TDS sensor, carbon dioxide sensor, new quantum PAR sensor and total dissolved oxygen sensors are also completed.
+Added: Our testing against
+Added: the state-of-the-art sensors on the market suggests to us that the new sensors are at least as good as the best quality sensors on the
+Added: However, we believe that our sensors are much more cost effective.
+Added: The progress in our USIP for the IoT has been smooth,
+Added: and we have confidence that the first version of our USIP for the IoT can be demonstrated in the first quarter of 2024.
+Added: The Focus software machine auto design team has
+Added: also made significant progress.
+Added: With mathematical and graphical environments having been created, our team is focusing on developing the
+Added: 3D user interface machine auto design.
+Added: The public reporting automation software is completed
+Added: and currently undergoing extensive testing.
+Added: Reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K are time-consuming, complex processes that require each company’s
+Added: financial team to gather and translate large amounts of data from multiple sources.
+Added: The time and expertise required to complete the process
+Added: is a substantial burden.
+Added: Meanwhile, SEC reporting deadlines are firm and inflexible.
+Added: This reality can interfere with other reporting timelines
+Added: and leave a time-strapped team scrambling for the resources needed to meet all its reporting requirements.
+Added: We have developed a Microsoft®-based
+Added: add-on software that aims to streamline and automate the SEC reporting preparation process.
+Added: We believe the software will significantly
+Added: simplify the Form 10-Q and Form 10-K preparation processes and make creating, editing and managing documents both simple and accurate.
+Added: Focus is planning to commercialize this software either in the third or fourth quarter of 2023.
+Added: A cloud-based version of this software
+Added: is also under the development.
+Added: Focus has received and approved the Ubiquitor’s
+Added: casing design sample, and tooling for the Ubiquitor’s casing design has begun.
Furthermore, our devices and sensors with applications
−Removed: within hydroponics, including (1) pH meter, (2) CO2 meter, (3) dissolved oxygen meter, (4) digital light meter, (5) new (and vastly improved)
−Removed: quantum par meter are under intensive testing and we expect to receive new versions into our US headquarters for management approval in
−Removed: November 2022.
+Added: within hydroponics, including a (1) pH meter, (2) CO2 meter, (3) dissolved oxygen meter, (4) digital light meter, (5) new (and vastly
+Added: improved) quantum par meter are under intensive testing;
+Added: and we expect to receive new versions into our U.S.
+Added: headquarters for management
In summary, our entire smart home and hydroponic
−Removed: IoT line are expected to be completed by the end of 2022.
−Removed: Beyond IoT products, as an NIPL (our software platform for interoperability
−Removed: within IoT) derivative product, a complementary office automation software was developed, and we believe the remaining major technical
−Removed: difficulties have been overcome.
−Removed: This specific software was designated to assist in completing financial reports faster, more accurately,
−Removed: and allow ease of update, eliminating the need for increased staffing especially in time sensitive projects.
−Removed: It is designed to save CPAs,
−Removed: auditors, accounting, and/or legal significant of time in preparation of SEC financial reports and other internal financial reporting.
−Removed: Eighty percent (80%) of this software development has been completed and we hope to launch beta versions by the end of 2022.
+Added: IoT lines are expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
+Added: Beyond IoT products, as a developer of a Natural
+Added: Integrated Programming Language (NIPL) derivative product (i.e., our software platform for interoperability within the IoT), we have developed
+Added: a complementary office automation software product.
+Added: This specific software was designed to assist in completing financial reports faster,
+Added: more accurately, and with greater ease of update, thereby eliminating the need for increased staffing especially in time sensitive projects.
+Added: It is designed to save CPAs, auditors, accounting, and/or legal a significant amount of time in the preparation of SEC financial reports
+Added: and other internal financial reporting.
+Added: Eighty percent of this software development has been completed and we hope to launch a beta version
+Added: of this product.
While we will continue to sell the following products
−Removed: through Hydrofarm.
−Removed: We expect to have upgraded versions of certain of these products to re-introduce new versions after the older version
−Removed: are discontinued:
+Added: through Hydrofarm, we expect to have upgraded versions of certain of these products to introduce in the event the older versions are discontinued:
Specifically, we sell the following products through
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of carbon filter devices.
−Removed: These carbon filter devices are professional grade filters specifically designed and used to filter air in greenhouses
−Removed: that might be polluted by fermenting organics.
−Removed: One of these filters can be attached to a centrifugal fan to scrub the air in a constant
−Removed: circle or can be attached to an exhaust line as a single pass filter, which moves air out of the growing area and filters unwanted odors
−Removed: and removes pollens, dust, and other debris in the air.
+Added: These carbon filter devices are professional grade filters specifically designed and used to filter the air
+Added: in greenhouses that might be polluted by fermenting organics.
+Added: One of these filters can be attached to a centrifugal fan to scrub the air
+Added: in a constant circle or can be attached to an exhaust line as a single-pass filter, which moves air out of the growing area, filters unwanted
+Added: odors and removes pollens, dust, and other debris in the air.
The other filter is designed to be used with fans from 0-6000 C.F.M.
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large numbers of technologies, including cloud technology, wired and wireless communication technology, software programming, instrumentation
−Removed: technology, artificial intelligence, PLC, and sensor networking into a single platform.
−Removed: We believe the result of such integration is a
−Removed: smaller, cheaper, and faster circuit system design than those currently offered in the instrumentation market.
+Added: technology, artificial intelligence, PLC technology, and sensor networking into a single platform.
+Added: We believe the result of such integration
+Added: is a smaller, cheaper, and faster circuit system design than those currently offered in the instrumentation market.
Our USIP technology that will make the Ubiquitor
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computers running either Windows OS or MacOS and Android- or iOS-based mobile devices and acts as a conduit that communicates with a group
−Removed: of sensors or probes manufactured by different vendors in a manner that requires the user to have little or no knowledge of their unique
+Added: of sensors or probes manufactured by different vendors in a manner that requires the user to have little to no knowledge of their unique
specifications.
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Recently, we have devoted a substantial number
−Removed: of resources to research and development in both the US and China to bring the Ubiquitor and its App to full production and distribution.
+Added: of resources to research and development in both the U.S.
+Added: and China to bring the Ubiquitor and its App to full production and distribution.
We anticipate that the sales and marketing involved with bringing the Ubiquitor to market will require us to hire a number of new sales
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The Ubiquitor will be a general platform that
−Removed: collects data in real time, up to 100 Hz per second;
−Removed: and thus, is intended to be adapted to many industrial uses.
+Added: collects data in real time, up to 100 Hz per second, and, thus, is intended to be adapted to many industrial uses.
By using the universal hardware or USIP, we believe
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Communication
−Removed: Power Line Communication (“PLC”) is
−Removed: a communication technology that enables sending data over existing power cables.
−Removed: One advantage of this technology is that PLC does not
−Removed: require substantial new investment for its communications infrastructure.
−Removed: Rather, PLC utilizes existing power lines, thereby forming a
−Removed: distribution network that already penetrates all residential, commercial and industrial premises.
−Removed: Accordingly, connectivity via PLC is
−Removed: potentially the most cost-effective, scalable interconnectivity approach for the IoT.
−Removed: We believe PLC can be an integral part of our communication
−Removed: infrastructure for the IoT, which enables reliable, real-time measurements, monitoring and control.
−Removed: A large variety of appliances may
−Removed: be interconnected by transmitting data through the same wires that provide electrical energy.
+Added: Power Line Communication (“PLC”) technology
+Added: is a communication technology that enables sending data over existing power cables.
+Added: One advantage of this technology is that PLC does
+Added: not require substantial new investment for its communications infrastructure.
+Added: Rather, PLC utilizes existing power lines, thereby forming
+Added: a distribution network that already penetrates all residential, commercial and industrial premises.
+Added: Accordingly, connectivity via PLC
+Added: technology is potentially the most cost-effective, scalable interconnectivity approach for the IoT.
+Added: We believe PLC technology can be an
+Added: integral part of our communication infrastructure for the IoT, which enables reliable, real-time measurements, monitoring and control.
+Added: A large variety of appliances may be interconnected by transmitting data through the same wires that provide electrical energy.
Our patented PLC technology uses an ultra-narrowband
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bandwidth to 4 megabits per second with the potential for more, while simultaneously effectively dealing with electrical noise and interference.
−Removed: Based on the promising results of our internal testing, we have begun designing a proprietary PLC microchip and have set an intended
−Removed: launch date for 2023.
+Added: Based on the promising results of our internal testing, we have begun designing a proprietary PLC microchip and have set an intended launch
+Added: date for 2023.
We believe that because residential and commercial
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We intend to apply the same concept to commercial and industrial applications.
−Removed: On December 23, 2021, Focus Universal (Shenzhen)
−Removed: Technology Co.
−Removed: LTD was founded as a mainland China office for manufacturing procurement expertise and support research and development
−Removed: Focus Universal (Shenzhen) Technology Co.
−Removed: LTD is designed to function as a branch office accessing high level ability to source
−Removed: products and build relationships with manufacturers in the region and as a lower cost form of support research and development as engineers
−Removed: are more plentiful in the region.
−Removed: This last quarter of 2022, this office has continued to grow to double digit headcount and has also
−Removed: begun to handle other online and simple phone marketing and marketing materials production activities, provided a cost and quality benefit
−Removed: exists at the time.
+Added: On December 23, 2021, Focus Shenzhen was founded
+Added: as a mainland China office for manufacturing procurement expertise and support research and development activities.
+Added: Focus Shenzhen is
+Added: designed to function as a branch office accessing high level ability to source products and build relationships with manufacturers in
+Added: the region and as a lower cost form of support research and development as engineers are more plentiful in the region.
+Added: During the second
+Added: quarter of 2023, this office has continued to grow and increase its headcount to 41 employees.
+Added: We have added these new employees to the
+Added: engineering staff, the sales staff, and the marketing and market analysis staff in house to enhance the internal capabilities within the
Research and Development Efforts of 5G Cellular
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“Creating a faster 5G cellular technology by using ultra-narrowband
−Removed: technology” in our 10-K Annual Report filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023.
+Added: technology” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023.
Eventually, we hope to establish five divisions
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(1) AVX with new shared distributed smart home products powered by the Ubiquitor;
−Removed: 2) an IT division in
−Removed: software machine design;
−Removed: 3) Universal Smart Instrumentation;
+Added: (2) an IT division
+Added: in software machine design;
+Added: (3) a Universal Smart Instrumentation division;
+Added: (4) a PLC technology division;
and (5) an IoT division.
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patent application
−Removed: number 15/344,041 with the USPTO.
−Removed: On March 5, 2018, we issued a press release announcing that the USPTO published an Issue Notification
+Added: number 15/344,041 with the U.S.
+Added: Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
+Added: On March 5, 2018, we issued a press release announcing that the USPTO
+Added: published an Issue Notification for U.S.
Patent Application No.
−Removed: 9924295 entitled “Universal Smart Device,” which covers a patent application regarding the
−Removed: Company’s Universal Smart Device.
+Added: 9924295 entitled “Universal Smart Device,” which covers a
+Added: patent application regarding the Company’s Universal Smart Device.
The patent was issued on March 20, 2018.
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to implement strong protections on the PLC technology worldwide.
−Removed: In the fourth quarter of 2021, we hired the law
−Removed: firm of Knobbe Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP to serve as outside intellectual property counsel for the Company.
−Removed: The firm is working on
−Removed: further transferring the Company’s provisional patent applications to formal patent applications which should number 13 according
−Removed: if all proceed according to plan.
−Removed: In addition, Knobbe Martens is also working on further filing four previously unfiled patents during
−Removed: the same timeframe and extending an existing patent application into Europe and Australia.
−Removed: In addition, in May 2022, the Company also
−Removed: engaged Chang & Hale, LLP law firm as suggested by our counsel at Knobbe, Martens, Olsen & Bear, LLP to assist with two new patents,
−Removed: however Knobbe Martens still remains our main IP counsel.
−Removed: The company now has 24 total patents and patent applications in various phases
−Removed: with the US Patent and Trademark Office, with three more provisional patents filed this quarter.
−Removed: As a note, Focus Universal’s patent number
−Removed: 11,488,468 was allowed and subsequently issued on November 1, 2022.
−Removed: The patent is titled “Sensor for Detecting the Proximity of
−Removed: an IEEE 802.11 Protocol Connectable Device.”
−Removed: We have identified several competitors we have
−Removed: identified, specifically in the wireless sensor node industry, including traditional instruments or device manufacturers such as Hanna
−Removed: Instruments and Extech Instruments.
−Removed: Hach developed and launched the SC1000 Multi-parameter
−Removed: Universal Controller, a probe module for connecting up to 32 digital sensors or analyzers.
−Removed: However, their products are not compatible
−Removed: with smart phones yet;
+Added: the fourth quarter of 2021, we hired the law firm of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP (“Knobbe Martens”) to serve as
+Added: outside intellectual property counsel for the Company.
+Added: The firm is working on transferring the Company’s provisional patent applications
+Added: to formal patent applications, which should number 13 if all proceeds according to plan.
+Added: In addition, Knobbe Martens is working on filing
+Added: four previously unfiled patents and extending an existing patent application into Europe and Australia.
+Added: In addition, in May 2022, the
+Added: Company engaged Chang & Hale, LLP as suggested by our counsel at Knobbe Martens to assist with two new patents, noting that Knobbe
+Added: Martens still remains our main IP counsel.
+Added: The Company now has 28 total patents and patent applications in various phases with the USPTO,
+Added: with three more provisional patents filed this quarter.
+Added: The Company’s patent number 11,488,468 was
+Added: allowed and subsequently issued on November 1, 2022.
+Added: The patent is titled “Sensor for Detecting the Proximity of an IEEE 802.11
+Added: Protocol Connectable Device.”
+Added: We have identified several competitors specifically
+Added: in the wireless sensor node industry, including traditional instruments or device manufacturers.
+Added: Hach developed and launched the SC1000
+Added: Multi-parameter Universal Controller, a probe module for connecting up to 32 digital sensors or analyzers.
+Added: However, their products are
+Added: not compatible with smart phones yet;
and we believe their price point is still prohibitive to consumers.
−Removed: Monnit Corporation offers a range of wireless
−Removed: and remote sensors.
−Removed: Many of Monnit’s products are web-based wireless sensors that usually are not portable because of their power
+Added: Monnit Corporation offers a
+Added: range of wireless and remote sensors.
+Added: Many of Monnit’s products are web-based wireless sensors that usually are not portable because
+Added: of their power consumption.
Also, the sensors’ real-time updates are slow;
−Removed: and we believe security of the web-based sensor data acquisition may
−Removed: also be a concern.
−Removed: In addition to purchasing the device, consumers usually have to pay monthly fees for using web-based services.
−Removed: We are not trying to compete with traditional
−Removed: instruments or device manufacturers because we utilize our Ubiquitor device in conjunction with our smartphone application, which we believe
−Removed: will be a completely different product category.
+Added: and we believe security of the web-based sensor data
+Added: acquisition may also be a concern.
+Added: In addition to purchasing the device, consumers usually have to pay monthly fees for using web-based
+Added: We are not trying to compete with traditional instruments or device manufacturers because we utilize our Ubiquitor device in
+Added: conjunction with our smartphone application, which we believe will be a completely different product category.
IoT Installation Industry
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from our competitors by offering a substantially lower price.
−Removed: An installation by Crestron ranges between $20,000 and $100,000 and by Control4
−Removed: between $20,000 and $40,000.
−Removed: The cheapest competitor we can identify in this sector is Vivint Smart Home, which costs less than $5,000
−Removed: however, we understand that the Vivint Smart Home focuses on security systems only and that users have no other smart applications,
−Removed: which our smart home product line would include.
+Added: An installation by Crestron ranges between $20,000 and $100,000 and an installation
+Added: by Control4 ranges between $20,000 and $40,000.
+Added: The cheapest competitor we can identify in this sector is Vivint Smart Home, which costs
+Added: less than $5,000 to install;
+Added: however, we understand that the Vivint Smart Home focuses on security systems only and that users have no
+Added: other smart applications, which our smart home product line would include.
Air Filtration Systems and Meter Products
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is a niche industry.
−Removed: Air purification methods are an effective way to control contaminants and improve indoor air quality and as a result,
+Added: Air purification methods are an effective way to control contaminants and improve indoor air quality;
+Added: and as a result,
many national and local governments overseeing indoor air quality and other emissions are enacting stricter workforce health and safety
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We believe universal wireless smart technology
−Removed: will play a critical role for traditional instrument manufacturers, as currently simply the undertaking of an IoT project is too expensive
−Removed: and difficult to develop for medium or smaller companies and carries 75% failure rate according to Cisco Systems 1 .
+Added: will play a critical role for traditional instrument manufacturers, as currently the undertaking of an IoT project is simply too expensive
+Added: and difficult to develop for medium or smaller companies and carries a 75% failure rate according to Cisco Systems.
factor is the first consideration when deciding whether a company wants to develop smart wireless technologies and implement them in
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More specifically, the IoT sensors market is projected to reach $26 billion by 2026 from $11.1 billion in 2022.
−Removed: The IoT marketplace
−Removed: size assessments usually include the hardware components and the software components which often contain a Software as a Service (SaaS)
−Removed: Additionally, the rising need for reliable high bandwidth communication for IoT devices is expected to rise to $664.75 Billion
−Removed: in 2028, spearheaded by the currently predominant services in the 5G category.
−Removed: We would also expect this market to grow with the addition
−Removed: of new categories of services delivering reliable high bandwidth communication for IoT devices and would cannibalize and expand the existing
−Removed: services where the new services proved to be more effective and efficient.
−Removed: We also expect our recent growth within our
−Removed: IoT Installation Services segment and acquisition of AT Tech Systems to bolster and complement our AVX Design and Integration and
−Removed: all other related installation businesses of these IoT products.
−Removed: The number of new contracts we have signed thus far in a limited
−Removed: amount of time through the segment is 13 with an average value of $13,355 and a total collection value of $485,618 in signed
−Removed: contracts to date, of which we have already collected $233,801.
−Removed: Additionally, thus far, we have an aggregate $1,041,897 in
−Removed: contracts agreed in principle, of which we expect to be signed and deposits paid.
−Removed: This is compared to our highest AVX revenue for
−Removed: calendar year of $817,233 in 2019, $705,877 for 2020, $252,958 for 2021, and $260,871 for 2022 for the entire calendar year.
−Removed: statistics regarding the IoT installation sectors are difficult to aggregate given that the work is often are pieced off into
−Removed: various contractor service categories, the residential custom installation market ranges from $5.7B to $12.1B 5 , and we
−Removed: would expect the commercial and industrial installation markets to be larger than the residential for IoT devices.
+Added: IoT marketplace size assessments usually include the hardware components and the software components, which often contain a Software
+Added: as a Service (SaaS) model.
+Added: Additionally, the rising need for reliable high bandwidth communication for IoT devices is expected to rise
+Added: to $664.75 billion in 2028, spearheaded by the currently predominant services in the 5G category.
+Added: We would also expect this market to
+Added: grow with the addition of new categories of services delivering reliable high bandwidth communication for IoT devices and would cannibalize
+Added: and expand the existing services where the new services proved to be more effective and efficient.
+Added: We also expect our recent growth within our IoT
+Added: Installation Services segment and acquisition of AT Tech Systems to bolster and complement AVX and all other related installation businesses
+Added: of these IoT products.
+Added: The number of new contracts we have signed thus far in a limited amount of time through the six months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023 is 17 with an average value of $32,225 and a total collection value of $547,825 in signed contracts to date, of which we have
+Added: already collected $281,717.
+Added: Additionally, thus far, we have an aggregate $1,351,493 in contracts agreed in principle, of which we expect
+Added: to be signed and deposits paid.
+Added: This is compared to our highest AVX revenue for a calendar year of $817,233 in 2019, followed by $705,877
+Added: in 2020, $252,958 in 2021, and $260,871 in 2022.
+Added: While statistics regarding the IoT installation sectors are difficult to aggregate given
+Added: that the work is often are pieced off into various contractor service categories, the residential custom installation market ranges from
+Added: $5.7 billion to $12.1 billion, and we would expect the commercial and industrial installation markets to be larger than the residential
+Added: for IoT devices.
Results of Operations
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2022
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the three
+Added: months ended June 30, 2022
Revenue, cost of revenue and gross profit
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2023
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2022
+Added: Revenue – related party
+Added: Total Revenue
+Added: Cost of revenue
Our consolidated gross revenue for the three months
−Removed: ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $236,095 and $157,167 respectively, which included revenue from related parties of $0 and $31,542, respectively.
−Removed: Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2023 increased $78,928 due to sales increase from new acquisition, AT Tech.
−Removed: This increase
−Removed: of revenue was mainly a result of the increase of IoT Installation Services being bolstered by additional resources such as increased
−Removed: Cost of revenue for the three months ended March
−Removed: 31, 2023 was $180,744, compared to $143,523 for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
−Removed: While the overall cost of revenue increased, as
−Removed: a percent of revenue, costs went down as a result higher margin contracts for IoT Installation Services being signed.
−Removed: In addition to the
−Removed: increase in revenue, gross profit increase to $55,351 compared to $13,644 three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was $215,391 and $64,642, respectively, which included revenue from related parties of $0 and $2,278, respectively.
+Added: Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2023 increased $150,749 due to a sales increase from our acquisition of AT Tech Systems.
+Added: increase of revenue was mainly a result of the increase of IoT Installation Services being bolstered by additional resources such as increased
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−Removed: 1 Cisco Systems, Connected Futures, Executive Business
−Removed: Insights, May 2017, The Journey to IOT Value, Challenges, Breakthroughs, and Best Practices, https://www.slideshare.net/CiscoBusinessInsights/journey-to-iot-value-76163389,
−Removed: https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2017/m05/cisco-survey-reveals-close-to-three-fourths-of-iot-projects-are-failing.html
−Removed: 2 IoT Analytics, Market Insights
−Removed: for the Internet of Things, February 7, 2023, Global IoT market size to grow 19% in 2023—IoT shows resilience despite economic
−Removed: downturn, https://iot-analytics.com/iot-market-size/
−Removed: 3 Markets and Markets, IoT
−Removed: Sensors Market by Sensor Type, Network Technology, Vertical, Application, and Geography – Global Forecast -2026, https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/sensors-iot-market-26520972.html
−Removed: 4 Cision PRNewswire, Research
−Removed: and Markets, Global $664.75 Billion 5G Services Markets to 2028:
−Removed: Rising Need for High Bandwidth to Provide Reliable Communication to
−Removed: IoT Devices is Expected to Boost Overall Market Growth, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-664-75-billion-5g-services-markets-to-2028-rising-need-for-high-bandwidth-to-provide-
+Added: 1 Cisco Systems,
+Added: Connected Futures, Executive Business Insights, May 2017, The Journey to IOT Value, Challenges, Breakthroughs, and Best Practices, https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2017/m05/cisco-survey-reveals-close-to-three-fourths-of-iot-projects-are-failing.html
+Added: 2 IoT Analytics,
+Added: Market Insights for the Internet of Things, February 7, 2023, Global IoT market size to grow 19% in 2023—IoT shows resilience despite
+Added: economic downturn, https://iot-analytics.com/iot-market-size/
+Added: and Markets, IoT Sensors Market by Sensor Type, Network Technology, Vertical, Application, and Geography – Global Forecast -2026,
+Added: https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/sensors-iot-market-26520972.html
+Added: PRNewswire, Research and Markets, Global $664.75 Billion 5G Services Markets to 2028:
+Added: Rising Need for High Bandwidth to Provide Reliable
+Added: Communication to IoT Devices is Expected to Boost Overall Market Growth, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-664-75-billion-5g-services-markets-to-2028-rising-need-for-high-bandwidth-to-provide-
reliable-communication-to-iot-devices-is-expected-to-boost-overall-market-growth-301432173.html
−Removed: How Big is the Custom Installation Market?, February
−Removed: 5, 2018, https://www.cepro.com/news/how_big_is_custom_installation_market/
+Added: Cost of revenue for the three months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023 was $149,259, compared to $57,776 for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: While the overall cost of revenue increased, as a
+Added: percent of revenue, costs went down as a result of higher margin contracts for IoT Installation Services being signed.
+Added: In addition to
+Added: the increase in revenue, gross profit increased to $66,132 for the three months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $6,866 for the three
+Added: months ended June 30, 2022.
Operating Expenses
The major components of our cost and operating
−Removed: expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are outlined in the table below:
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2022
+Added: expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 are outlined in the table below:
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2023
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2022
Selling expense
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Total operating expenses
−Removed: Selling expenses for the three months ended March
−Removed: 31, 2023 was $11,859, compared to $38,339 for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
+Added: Selling expense for the three months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023 was $63,075, compared to $17,548 for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
Selling expense incurred was mainly from third party
−Removed: advertising fees and marketing related fee.
−Removed: The decrease of selling expense was due to a decrease in advertising fees.
−Removed: Compensation – officers and directors were
−Removed: $307,534 and $325,665 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: Research and development costs were $276,481 and
−Removed: $561,744 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: The decrease was due to a decrease in number of
−Removed: research and development employee headcount in the Ontario, California headquarters.
+Added: advertising fees and marketing related fees.
+Added: The increase of selling expense was due to an increase in advertising fees and trade show
+Added: – officers and directors was $253,403 and $283,625 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: was due to a decrease in the compensation received by the board of directors.
+Added: Research and development costs were $342,992
+Added: and $167,361 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: The increase was due to an increase in the number of research
+Added: and development employee headcount in the Ontario, California headquarters and the Shenzhen, China subsidiary.
Professional fees were $116,565 during the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2023, compared to $360,866 during the three months ended March 31, 2022.
+Added: months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $153,091 during the three months ended June 30, 2022.
The decrease in these professional fees
−Removed: compared to the prior period was due to a decrease in professional legal fees.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses of $443,052
−Removed: incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2023 primarily consisted of insurance expense of $107,473, amortization expense of $28,741,
−Removed: payroll tax of $73,067, administrative salaries of $71,956, depreciation expense of $41,798 and rent of $46,080.
+Added: compared to the prior period was due to a decrease in new transaction-based legal paperwork for the Company (as much of this paperwork
+Added: was completed earlier) and a decrease in employment litigation legal fees.
+Added: General and administrative expenses for the
+Added: three months ended June 30, 2023 was $361,583, compared to $590,589 for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The major decrease was
+Added: due to decreases in general and administrative salaries from $178,530 to $76,555 in 2023, a lease expense from $161,448 to $34,989
+Added: in 2023, and insurance expense from $81,579 to $66,317 in 2023.
+Added: Other Income (expense)
+Added: Other income for the three months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023 was $53,320, compared to $144,051 for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The decrease was due to there being no SBA PPP
+Added: forgiveness loan in 2023.
+Added: During the three months ended June 30, 2023 and
+Added: 2022, we incurred net losses of $1,018,166 and $1,061,297, respectively, due to the factors discussed above.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2022
+Added: Revenue, cost of revenue and gross profit
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2022
+Added: Revenue – related party
+Added: Total Revenue
+Added: Cost of revenue
+Added: Our consolidated gross revenue for the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was $451,486 and $221,809 respectively, which included revenue from related parties of $0 and $33,820, respectively.
+Added: Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2023 increased $229,677 due to a sales increase from our acquisition of AT Tech Systems.
+Added: increase of revenue was mainly a result of the increase of IoT Installation Services being bolstered by additional resources such as increased
+Added: Cost of revenue for the six months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023 was $330,003, compared to $201,171 for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: While the overall cost of revenue increased, as a
+Added: percent of revenue, costs went down as a result of higher margin contracts for IoT Installation Services being signed.
+Added: In addition to
+Added: the increase in revenue, gross profit increased to $121,483 for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $20,638 for the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: Operating Expenses
+Added: The major components of our cost and operating
+Added: expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 are outlined in the table below:
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2022
+Added: Selling expense
+Added: Compensation – officers and directors
+Added: Research and development
+Added: Professional fees
General and administrative
−Removed: expenses of $650,891 incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2022 primarily consisted of employee compensation of $193,930, insurance
−Removed: expense of $176,915, administrative salaries of $137,162, rent of $75,597 and depreciation expense of $40,163.
+Added: Total operating expenses
+Added: Selling expense for the six months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023 was $74,934, compared to $55,887 for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: Selling expense incurred was mainly from third party
+Added: advertising fees and marketing related fees.
+Added: The increase of selling expense was due to an increase in advertising fees and trade show
+Added: Compensation – officers and directors were
+Added: $560,937 and $604,290 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: The decrease was due to a decrease in the compensation
+Added: received by the board of directors.
+Added: Research and development costs were $619,473 and
+Added: $729,105 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: The decrease was due to a decrease in the research and development
+Added: employee restricted stock award amount in the Ontario, California headquarters.
+Added: Professional fees were $373,964 during the six
+Added: months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $535,207 during the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The decrease in these professional fees compared
+Added: to the prior period was due to a decrease in new transaction-based legal paperwork for the Company (as much of this paperwork was completed
+Added: earlier) and a decrease in employment litigation legal fees.
+Added: General and administrative expenses for the
+Added: six months ended June 30, 2023 was $804,635, compared to $1,225,358 for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The major decrease was
+Added: due to decreases in general and administrative salaries from $469,934 to $148,511 in 2023, lease expense from $237,045 to $81,069 in
+Added: 2023, and insurance expense from $258,494 to $167,273 in 2023.
+Added: The relating decrease was due to the following reasons:
+Added: a) Decreased number of general and administrative
+Added: employees in our headquarters due to outsourcing of work to third parties;
+Added: b) Relocated Focus Shenzhen office to lower lease
+Added: c) Obtained better insurance deal from another insurance
Other Income (expense)
−Removed: Other income of $210,431 incurred during the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2023 primarily consisted of interest income of $14,436, gain on bargain purchase of $61,747, unrealized gain on
−Removed: marketable equity securities of $32,570, realized loss on marketable equity securities of $14,901, rental income of $39,952 and other
−Removed: expense of $7,073.
−Removed: Other expenses of $54,931 incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2022 primarily consisted of interest expense
−Removed: of $6, rental income of $46,372 and other income of $8,565.
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and
+Added: Other income for the six months ended June
+Added: 30, 2023 was $180,051, compared to $198,982 for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The major decrease was due to there being no SBA
+Added: PPP forgiveness loan in 2023 or unrealized gain on marketable equity securities in 2023.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and
2022, we incurred net losses of $2,132,409 and $2,930,227, respectively, due to the factors discussed above.
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selected cash flow information:
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2022
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2022
Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: $ (1,606,739 )
+Added: $ (1,749,492 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
3 unchanged sentences
$ (2,984,743 )
+Added: $ (2,018,257 )
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Our net cash outflows from operating activities
−Removed: of $838,535 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was primarily the result of our net loss of $1,114,243 and changes in our operating
+Added: of $1,606,739 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was primarily the result of our net loss of $2,132,409 and changes in our operating
assets and liabilities offset by the add-back of non-cash expenses.
−Removed: The change in operating assets and liabilities includes a decrease
+Added: The change in operating assets and liabilities includes an increase
in accounts receivable of $27,741, a decrease in accounts receivable – related party of $34,507, a decrease in inventories of $15,526,
−Removed: an increase in prepaid expense of $80,511, a decrease in deposit of $8,617, an increase in operating lease right-of-use asset of $16,075,
−Removed: a decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $20,011, an increase in customer deposit of $98,838, and a decrease in lease
+Added: a decrease in prepaid expense of $46,109, an increase in deposit of $8,514, an increase in operating lease right-of-use asset of $4,983,
+Added: an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $73,823, an increase in customer deposit of $39,100, and a decrease in lease
liabilities of $55,012.
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amortization of intangible assets, $14,249 in realized loss on marketable securities, $168,304 in stock-based compensation - shares, and
−Removed: $133,403 in stock option compensation, reduces of $32,570 in unrealized gain on marketable equity securities and $61,747 in gain on bargain
−Removed: Our net cash outflows from operating activities
−Removed: of $902,283 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was primarily the result of our net loss of $1,868,930 and changes in our operating
−Removed: assets and liabilities offset by the add-back of non-cash expenses.
−Removed: The change in operating assets and liabilities includes an increase
−Removed: in accounts receivable of $96,258, an increase in accounts receivable – related party of $70,816, an increase in inventories of
−Removed: $5,067, a decrease in other receivable of $13,057, a decrease in prepaid expense of $148,616, an increase in deposit of $35,142, a decrease
−Removed: in operating lease right-of-use asset of $150,623, an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $38,000, a decrease in other
−Removed: current liabilities of $17,135, a decrease in lease liabilities of $123,951, an increase in other liabilities of $14,736.
−Removed: Non-cash expense
−Removed: included add-backs of $42,080 in bad debt expense, $25,006 in reduction of inventory fair value adjustments, $40,165 in depreciation expense,
−Removed: $656,370 in stock-based compensation - shares, $8,000 in stock-based compensation - services, and $228,375 in stock option compensation.
+Added: $266,806 in stock option compensation, reductions of $27,565 in unrealized gain on marketable equity securities and $61,747 in gain on
+Added: bargain purchase.
+Added: net cash outflows from operating activities of $1,749,492 for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was primarily the result of our net loss
+Added: of $2,930,227 and changes in our operating assets and liabilities offset by the add-back of non-cash expenses.
+Added: The change in operating
+Added: assets and liabilities includes an increase in accounts receivable of $47,454, an increase in accounts receivable – related party
+Added: of $73,094, an increase in inventories of $7,752, a decrease in other receivables of $13,057, a decrease in prepaid expense of $103,083,
+Added: an increase in deposit of $4,008, a decrease in operating lease right-of-use asset of $190,790, a decrease in accounts payable and accrued
+Added: liabilities of $106,104, a decrease in other current liabilities of $17,135, an increase in customer deposit of $6,131, a decrease in
+Added: lease liabilities of $60,576, and an increase in other liabilities of $14,736.
+Added: Non-cash expense included add-backs of $57,147 in bad debt
+Added: expense, $25,617 in reduction of inventory fair value adjustments, $82,063 in
+Added: depreciation expense, $74,626 in unrealized loss on marketable equity securities, $10,281 in realized gain on marketable securities, $158,547
+Added: in gain on forgiveness of debt, $692,920 in stock-based compensation - shares, and $456,750 in stock option compensation.
We expect that cash flows from operating activities
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
−Removed: had cash inflow from investing activities of $61,824.
−Removed: That was primarily the result from the purchase of property and equipment of $9,920,
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we had
+Added: cash inflow from investing activities of $40,889.
+Added: That inflow was primarily the result from the purchase of property and equipment of
$17,203, purchase of marketable securities of $43,644, and proceeds from sales of marketable securities of $101,736.
−Removed: For the three months ended
−Removed: March 31, 2022 we had cash outflow from investing activities of $31,470 from the purchase of property and equipment.
+Added: For the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2022, we had cash outflow from investing activities of $267,537.
+Added: That outflow was primarily the result from the purchase
+Added: of property and equipment of $39,702, purchase of marketable securities of $708,359, and proceeds from sales of marketable securities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we
−Removed: had cash outflows of $1,000,000 due to purchase of treasury stock.
−Removed: There were no financing activities for the three months
−Removed: ended March 31, 2022.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2023, we had
+Added: cash outflows of $1,420,686 due to purchase of treasury stock.
+Added: There were no financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: Going Concern
+Added: In August 2014, the FASB issued ASC 2014-15, Disclosure
+Added: of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.
+Added: The Company has assessed its ability to continue as a
+Added: going concern for a period of one year from the date of the issuance of these unconsolidated financial statements.
+Added: Substantial doubt about
+Added: the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern exists when relevant conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, indicate
+Added: that it is probable that the Company will be unable to meet its obligations as they become due within one year from the financial statement
+Added: issuance date.
+Added: The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
+Added: which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern.
+Added: The Company currently suffered recurring loss from operations, generated
+Added: negative cash flow from operating activities, has an accumulated deficit and has not completed its efforts to establish a stabilized source
+Added: of revenues sufficient to cover operating costs over an extended period of time.
+Added: These conditions raise substantial doubt as to its ability
+Added: to continue as a going concern.
+Added: These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include adjustments relating to the
+Added: recoverability and classification of reported asset amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should
+Added: the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company has a net loss of $2,132,409 and
+Added: $2,930,227 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: In addition, the Company had an accumulated deficit of
+Added: $19,996,437 and $17,864,028 as of June 30,2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and negative cash flow from operating activities
+Added: of $1,606,739 and $1,749,492 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: These factors raise substantial doubt
+Added: about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is
+Added: dependent on its ability to raise additional capital.
+Added: The Company’s consolidated financial statements do not include any
+Added: adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of reported asset amounts or the amount and classification of
+Added: liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company is operating on a going
+Added: concern basis as of June 30, 2023.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, we did not have any off-balance-sheet arrangements,
+Added: As of June 30, 2023, we did not have any off-balance-sheet arrangements,
as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation SK.
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Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.