Item 1. Business
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Overview
We are an intellectual property asset management
company. Our principal operations include the acquisition, licensing and enforcement of intellectual property rights that are either owned
or controlled by us or one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. We currently own, control or manage fifteen intellectual property portfolios,
which principally consist of patent rights. As part of our intellectual property asset management activities and in the ordinary course
of our business, it has been necessary for us or the intellectual property owner who we represent to initiate, and it is likely to continue
to be necessary to initiate, patent infringement lawsuits and engage in patent infringement litigation. We anticipate that our primary
source of revenue will come from the grant of licenses to use our intellectual property, including primarily licenses granted as part
of the settlement of patent infringement lawsuits.
Intellectual property monetization includes the
generation of revenue and proceeds from the licensing of patents, patented technologies and other intellectual property rights. Patent
litigation is often, and for us has been, a necessary element of intellectual property monetization where a patent owner, or a representative
of the patent owner, seeks to protect its patent rights against the unlicensed manufacture, sale, and use of the owner’s patent
rights or products which incorporate the owner’s patent rights. In general, we seek to monetize the bundle of rights granted by
the patents through structured licensing and when necessary enforcement of those rights through litigation, although to date all of our
patent license revenues have resulted from litigation. To date all of our revenue from the licensing of our patents has resulted from
litigation commenced by us.
We intend to develop our business by acquiring
intellectual property rights, either in the form of ownership of or an exclusive license to the underlying intellectual property. Our
goal is to enter into agreements with inventors of innovative technologies for which there may be a significant market for products which
use or incorporate the intellectual property. We seek to purchase all of, or interests in, intellectual property in exchange for cash,
securities of our company, the formation or a joint venture or separate subsidiary in which the owner has an equity interest, and/or interests
in the monetization of those assets. Our revenue from this aspect of our business can be generated through licensing and, when necessary,
which is typically the case, litigation. We engage in due diligence and a principled risk underwriting process to evaluate the merits
and potential value of any acquisition, partnership or joint venture. We seek to structure the terms of our acquisitions in a manner that
will achieve the highest risk-adjusted returns possible, in the context of our financial condition. In connection with the acquisition
of intellectual property portfolios, we have granted the party providing the financing an interest in any recovery we have with respect
to the intellectual property purchased with the financing, and we expect that we will have to continue to grant such interests until and
unless we have generated sufficient cash from licensing our intellectual property to enable us to acquire additional intellectual property
portfolios without outside financing. However, we cannot assure you that we will ever generate sufficient revenues to enable us to purchase
additional intellectual property without third-party financing.
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We employ a due diligence process before completing
the acquisition of an intellectual property interest. We begin with an investment thesis supporting the potential transaction and then
proceed to test the thesis through an examination of the critical drivers of the value of the underlying intellectual property asset.
Such an examination focuses on areas such as title and inventorship issues, the quality of the drafting and prosecution of the intellectual
property assets, legal risks inherent in licensing programs generally, the applicability of the invention to the relevant marketplace
and other issues such as the effects of venue and other procedural issues. If we require financing to acquire intellectual property, we
will have to satisfy our financing source, which may by QFL, that we have the ability to monetize the intellectual property. However,
our financial position may affect our ability to conduct adequate due diligence with respect to intellectual property rights or to acquire
valuable intellectual property. This due diligence effort is conducted by our chief executive officer, who is our only full-time
employee.
It has been necessary to commence litigation in
order to obtain a recovery for past infringement of, or to license the use of, our intellectual property rights. Intellectual property
litigation is very expensive, with no certainty of any recovery. To the extent possible we seek to engage counsel on a contingent fee
or partial contingent fee basis, which significantly reduces our litigation cost, but which also reduces the value of the recovery to
us. We do not have the resources to enable us to fund the cost of litigation. To the extent that we cannot secure counsel on a contingent
basis and cannot fund litigation ourselves, which, considering our financial position, is likely to be the case, we may enter into an
agreement with a third party, which may be an independent third party, such as QFL, to finance the cost of litigation. In view of our
limited cash and our working capital deficiency, we are not able to institute any monetization program that may require litigation unless
we engage counsel on a fully contingent basis or we obtain funding from third party funding sources. In these cases, counsel may be afforded
a greater participation in the recovery and the third party that funds the litigation would be entitled to participate in any recovery.
Agreements with QFL and Intelligent Partners
Set forth below is a discussion of agreements which we entered into
in February 2021with QFL to provide us with a financing facility, funds to make a payment due to Intelligent Partners and for working
capital and an agreement with Intelligent Partners to restructure our loan agreement and related agreements. The agreement with Intelligent
Partners restated our agreements with United Wireless Holdings, Inc. (“United Wireless”) which had been assigned to Intelligent
Partners, an affiliate of United Wireless. The descriptions below and elsewhere in this Form 10-K relating to our agreements with QFL
and Intelligent Partners are summaries only and are qualified in their entirety by reference to those agreements which were filed as exhibits
to this Form 10-K.
Summary of Agreements with QFL
On February 22, 2021, we entered into a series
of agreements which we entered into in February 2021 with QFL, including a prepaid forward purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”),
a security agreement (the “Security Agreement”), a subsidiary security agreement (the “Subsidiary Security Agreement”),
a subsidiary guaranty (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”), a warrant issue agreement (the “Warrant Issue Agreement”),
a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) and a board observation rights agreement (the “Board
Observation Rights Agreement” together with the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Subsidiary Security Agreement,
Warrant Issuance Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, the “Investment Documents”) pursuant
to which, at the closing held contemporaneously with the execution of the agreements:
(i)
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, QFL agreed to make available to us a financing facility of: (a) up to $25,000,000 for the acquisition of mutually agreed patent rights that we intend to monetize; (b) up to $2,000,000 for operating expenses; and (iii) $1,750,000 to fund the cash payment portion of the restructure of our obligations to Intelligent Partners. In return we transferred to QFL a right to receive a portion of net proceeds generated from the monetization of those patents. During 2021 we requested and received $1,000,000 for working capital. The terms of the Purchase Agreement are described under “Purchase Agreement.”
(ii)
We used $1,750,000 of proceeds from the QFL financing as the cash payment portion of the restructure of our obligations to Intelligent Partners as transferee of United Wireless pursuant to a restructure agreement (the “Restructure Agreement”) between us and Intelligent Partners executed contemporaneously with the closing of the Investment Documents with QFL. The payment was made directly from QFL to Intelligent Partners. The terms of the Restructure Agreement are described under “Restructure Agreement.”
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(iii)
Pursuant to the Security Agreement, our obligations under the Purchase Agreement with QFL are secured by: (a) the proceeds (as defined in the Purchase Agreement); (b) the patents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement; (c) all general intangibles now or hereafter arising from or related to the foregoing (a) and (b); and (d) proceeds (including, without limitation, cash proceeds and insurance proceeds) and products of the foregoing (a)-(c).
(iv)
Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty, eight of our subsidiaries – Quest Licensing Corporation (“QLC”), Quest NetTech Corporation (“NetTech”), Mariner IC Inc. (“Mariner”), Semcon IP Inc. (“Semcon”), IC Kinetics Inc. (“IC”), CXT Systems Inc. (“CXT”), M-Red Inc. (“MRED”), and Audio Messaging Inc.(“AMI”), collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) guaranteed our obligations to QFL under the Purchase Agreement.
(v)
Pursuant to the Subsidiary Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantors grant QFL a security interest in the proceeds from the future monetization of their respective patent portfolios.
(vi)
Pursuant to the Warrant Issue Agreement, we granted QFL ten-year warrants to purchase a total of up to 96,246,246 shares of our common stock, with an exercise price of $0.0054 per share which may be exercised from February 19, 2021 through February 18, 2031 on a cash or cashless basis. Exercisability of the Warrant is limited if, upon exercise, the holder would beneficially own more than 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of our common stock, except that by written notice to us, the holder may change the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% provided any such change will not be effective until the 61 st day following notice to us. The Warrant also contains certain minimum ownership percentage antidilution rights pursuant to which the aggregate number of shares of common stock purchasable upon the initial exercise of the Warrant shall not be less than 10% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (determined on a fully diluted basis). A portion of any gain from sale of the shares, net of taxes and costs of exercise, realized prior to the completion of all monetization activities shall be credited against the total return due to QFL pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
(vii)
We agreed to take all commercially reasonable steps necessary to regain compliance with the OTCQB eligibility standards as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 12 months from the closing date. We regained such compliance on May 7, 2021, at which time the common stock recommenced trading on the OTCQB.
(viii)
We granted QFL certain registration rights with respect to the 96,246,246 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant.
(ix)
Commencing six months from the closing date, if the shares owned by QFL cannot be sold pursuant to a registration statement and cannot be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the Company being in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144, if the Company is not in compliance with the current public information requirements, the Company is required to pay damages to QFL.
(x)
Pursuant to the Board Observation Rights Agreement, until the later of the date on which QFL or its affiliates (i) have received the entirety of their Investment Return (as defined in Purchase Agreement), and (ii) no longer hold any Securities (the “ Observation Period ”), we granted QFL the right, exercisable at any time during the Observation Period, to appoint a representative to attend meetings (including, without limitation, telephonic or other electronic meetings) of the Board or any committee thereof, including executive sessions, in an observer capacity.
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Purchase Agreement
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, QFL agreed
to make available to us a financing facility of: (i) up to $25,000,000 for the acquisition of mutually agreed patent rights that we intend
to monetize; (ii) up to $2,000,000 for operating expenses from which we may, at our discretion, draw up to $200,000 per calendar quarter;
and (iii) $1,750,000 to fund the cash payment portion of the restructure of our obligations to Intelligent Partners. In return we transferred
to QFL the right to receive a portion of net proceeds generated from the monetization of those patents. After QFL has a negotiated rate
of return, we and QFL shall share net proceeds equally until QFL shall have achieved its Investment Return (as defined therein). Thereafter,
we shall retain 100% of all net proceeds. Except in an Event of Default, as defined therein, all payments by the Company to QFL pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement are non-recourse and shall be paid only if and after net proceeds from monetization of the patent rights owned
or acquire by the Company are received, or to be received.
Events of Default include any breach of the Investment
Documents, including non-payment, material misrepresentation, security interest compromise, criminal indictment or felony conviction of
one or our officers or directors, our current chief executive no longer serving as our chief executive or as a director, the occurrence
of any Event of Default under the Restructure Agreement with Intelligent Partners, as defined therein, and our insolvency. In addition
to all rights and remedies available under law and the Investment Documents, upon and Event of Default, QFL may: (i) declare the Investment
Return immediately due and payable, (ii) except in the event of our insolvency, declare an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
capital provided pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, plus a late charge, immediately due and payable, or (iii) cease making capital available
to us.
Under the agreement, QFL may terminate capital
advances other than in an Event of Default by giving written notice to us in which case QFL’s interest in Net Proceeds shall be
an amount equal to the greater of (i) the capital advanced to the Company plus interest at the prime rate, on the one hand, and (ii) Net
Proceeds received by the QFL prior to the date of such termination.
Grant of Security Interests
Pursuant to the Security Agreement and Subsidiary
Security Agreement, payment of the obligations of the Company under the Purchase Agreement with QFL are secured by (i) the Proceeds (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement); (ii) the Patents; (iii) all General Intangibles now or hereafter arising from or related to the foregoing;
(iv) Proceeds (including, without limitation, Cash Proceeds and insurance proceeds) and products of the foregoing and (v) the proceeds
realized by the relative patent portfolios of the Subsidiary Guarantors. The security interest in proceeds from the CXT and M-RED patents
granted to QFL is junior to the security interest held by the affiliates of Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC (collectively “Intellectual
Ventures”) granted to secure the obligations of CXT and MRED pursuant to their patent purchase agreements relating to the purchase
of intellectual property from Intellectual Ventures.
Registration Rights Agreement
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement,
we filed a registration statement with the SEC covering 50,000,000 of the 96,246,246 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of
the Warrant. We are also required to file additional Registration Statements (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) on the
date 60 days after the date that we receive written notice from any Investor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) that 60%
of the Registrable Securities held by all Investors registered under the immediately preceding registration statement have been sold.
The Registration Rights Agreement provides for us to pay damages in the event that we do not meet the required deadlines.
Intercreditor Agreement
In connection with the agreements with QFL and
the agreements with Intelligent Partners described below, we and our Subsidiaries entered into an intercreditor agreement with QFL and
Intelligent Partners which sets forth the priority of QFL in the collateral under the Investment Documents.
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Summary of Agreements with Intelligent Partners
Securities Purchase Agreement and Related Agreements
with United Wireless
We, together with certain of our subsidiaries,
and United Wireless, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 22, 2015 (the “SPA”) and related Transaction
Documents, as defined therein, pursuant to which the Company sold 50,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of our common stock, par
value $0.00003 per share (the “Common Stock”) at $0.05 per share, or an aggregate of $250,000; we issued our 10% secured convertible
promissory notes due September 30, 2020 to United, and granted United an option (the “2015 Purchase Option”) to purchase up
to an additional 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock in three tranches at the prices as set forth therein. The 2015 Purchase Option expired
unexercised on September 30, 2020. The Shares are currently owned by Andrew C. Fitton (“Fitton”) and Michael Carper (“Carper”)
and United Wireless subsequently transferred its note and assigned all of its remaining rights under the agreements to Intelligent Partners,
which is an affiliate of United Wireless and is owned by Fitton and Carper. Our agreements with United Wireless, also included various
monetization proceeds agreements, which we refer to as MPAs, pursuant to which we granted to Intelligent Partners, as the assignee of
United Wireless, rights to the monetization proceeds from revenue generated from certain of our intellectual property, a security agreement
and a registration rights agreement.
At September 30, 2020, promissory notes in the
aggregate principal amount of $4,672,810 were outstanding. The notes became due by their terms on September 30, 2020, and we did not make
any payment on account of principal of and interest on the notes. As a result, Intelligent Partners had the right to declare a default
under the Notes, and, if Intelligent Partners had taken such action, it would have been necessary for us to seek protection under the
Bankruptcy Act. Subsequent to September 30, 2020, we engaged in negotiations with Intelligent Partners in parallel with our negotiations
with QFL, with a view to restructuring our obligations under the United Wireless agreements, including the Notes, so that we no longer
had any obligations under the Notes or the SPA. These negotiations resulted in the Restructure Agreement, described below, which provided
for the payment to Intelligent Partners of $1,750,000 from the proceeds from our agreements with QFL. We also made interest payments totaling
$117,780 between September 30, 2020 and February 22, 2021, the date we signed the Restructure Agreement with Intelligent Partners. One
of QFL’s requirements to provide us with a funding facility was the restructure of our obligations to Intelligent Partners so that
we no longer had any debt obligations to Intelligent Partners. Neither QFL nor any other financing source, would provide us with funding
while Intelligent Partners had a right to call a default under our notes to Intelligent Partners. As part of the restructure of our agreements
with Intelligent Partners, we amended the existing MPAs and granted Intelligent Partners certain rights in the monetization proceeds from
any new intellectual property we acquire, as describe below. Under these MPAs, Intelligent Partners participates in the monetization proceeds
we receive with respect to new patents after QFL has received its negotiated rate of return.
On or prior to the date of the Restructure Agreement,
Intelligent Partners transferred to Fitton and Carper $250,000 of the Notes (the “Transferred Note”), thereby reducing the
principal amount of the Notes held by Intelligent Partners to $4,422,810.
On February 22, 2021, we and Intelligent Partners
agreed to extinguish the Note and Transferred Note, and terminate or amend and restate the SPA and Transaction Documents, pursuant to
a series of agreements including: a Restructure Agreement (the “Restructure Agreement”), a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock
Purchase Agreement”), an Option Grant (the “Option Grant”), an Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement (the “Pledge
Agreement”), an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), a Board Observation
Agreement (the “Board Observation Agreement”), a MPA-NA Security Interest Agreement (the “MPA-NA Security Interest Agreement”),
an Amended and Restated Patent Proceeds Security Agreement (the “Patent Proceeds Security Agreement”, an Amended and Restated
MPA-CP (the “MPA-CP”), an Amended and Restated MPA-CXT (the “MPA-CXT”), a MPA-MR (the “MPA-MR”), a
MPA-AMI (the “MPA-AMI,” and together with the MPA-CP, MPA-CXT and MPA-MR, each a Restructure MPA and together the Restructure
MPAs) and a MPA-NA (the “MPA-NA”).
(i)
Pursuant to the Restructure Agreement, we paid Intelligent Partners $1,750,000 at closing, which we received from QFL and which QFL paid directly to Intelligent Partners, and recognized a further non-interest bearing total monetization proceeds obligation (the “TMPO”) of $2,805,000, which shall, from and after the Restructure Date, be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by (a) payments to Intelligent Partners pursuant to the restructure agreement, the Restructure MPAs and the MPA-NA and (b) any election by the Intelligent Partners to pay the Exercise Price of the Restructure Option, in whole or part, by means of a reduction in the then outstanding TMPO. Further details regarding the TMPO are provided under “TMPO”;
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(ii)
Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, we issued to Fitton and Carper, as holders of the Transferred Note, a total of 46,296,296 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.0054 per share, which purchase price was paid by the conversion and in full satisfaction of the Transferred Note (the “Conversion Shares”).
(iii)
Pursuant to the Option Grant, we granted Intelligent Partners an option to purchase a total of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $0.0054 per share which vests immediately and may be exercised through February 9, 2026.
(iv)
Pursuant to the restructured monetization proceeds agreement, Intelligent Partners has a right to receive 60% of the net monetization proceeds from the patents currently owned by the Subsidiary Guarantors. The agreement has no termination provisions, so Intelligent Partners will be entitled to its percentage interest as long as revenue is generated from the intellectual property covered by the agreement.
(v)
Pursuant to the Subsidiary Security Agreement, our obligations under our agreements with Intelligent Partners, including its obligations under the Restructure Agreement and the Restructure MPAs are secured by a security interest in the net proceeds realized from the future monetization of the patents currently owned by the eight subsidiaries named above.
(vi)
Pursuant to the MPA-NA-Security Interest Agreement, our obligations under the MPA-NA are secured by a security interest in net proceeds realized from the future monetization of new patents acquired until the TMPO is satisfied, provided Intelligent Partners’ secured interest shall be limited to its entitlement in Net Proceeds under the MPA-NA. After satisfaction of the TMPO the security interest in proceeds from new assets shall terminate.
(vii)
We granted Intelligent Partners, Andrew Fitton and Michael Carper certain registration rights with respect to (i) the 50,000,000 Shares currently owned by Fitton and Carper, which shares are included in the registration statement that we filed; (ii) the 46,296,296 Conversion Shares being issued to Fitton and Carper, and (iii) the 50,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Restructure Option;
(viii)
Commencing six months from the closing date, if the shares owned by Intelligent Partners cannot be sold pursuant to a registration statement and cannot be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without the Company being in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144, if the Company is not in compliance with the current public information requirements, the Company is required to pay damages to Intelligent Partners.
(ix)
Pursuant to the Board Observation Rights Agreement, until the TMPO has been satisfied (the “ Observation Period ”), we granted Intelligent Partners the option and right, exercisable at any time during the Observation Period, to appoint a representative to attend meetings of the Board or any committee thereof, including executive sessions, in an observer capacity.
Events of Default include (i) a Change of Control
of the Company (ii) any uncured default on payment due to Intelligent Partners in an amount totaling in excess of $275,000, which is not
the subject of a Dispute or other formal dispute resolution proceeding initiated in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or other Restructure
Documents (iii) the filing of a voluntary petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code by Company or any of its material
subsidiaries, (iv) the filing of an involuntary petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code against the Company, which
is not stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days of such filing, except for an involuntary petition for relief filed solely by Intelligent
Partners, or any Affiliate or member of Intelligent Partners, or (v) acceleration of an obligation in excess of $1 million dollars to
another provider of financing following a final determination by arbitration or other judicial proceeding that such obligation is due
and owing.
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Registration Rights Agreement
Pursuant to a registration rights agreement, we
granted Intelligent Partners, Andrew Fitton and Michael Carper certain registration rights with respect to (i) the 50,000,000 Shares currently
owned by Fitton and Carper; (ii) the 46,296,296 Conversion Shares issued to Fitton and Carper, and (iii) the 50,000,000 shares of common
stock issuable upon exercise of the Restructure Option. We filed the registration statement with the SEC covering the 50,000,000 Shares
owned by Fitton and Carper, and the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC.
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on our Business
Although we do not manufacture or sell products,
the COVID-19 pandemic and the work shutdown imposed in the United States and other countries to limit the spread of the virus can have
a negative impact on our business. Our revenue is generated almost exclusively from license fees generated from litigation seeking damages
for infringement of our intellectual property rights. The work shutdown has affected the court system, and during much of 2020 and part
of 2021 courts operating on a reduced schedule, and some courts may still not be operating on a full in-person schedule and, even if operating
on a full schedule, have a backlog as a result of the pandemic. As a result, we believe patent infringement actions are treated as a lower
priority items in allocation of court resources with the effect that deadlines are likely to be postponed which delays may give defendants
an incentive to delay negotiations or offer a lower amount than they might otherwise accept. In addition, the effect of the COVID-19 and
the public response may adversely affect the financial condition and prospects of defendants and potential defendants, which would make
it less likely that they would be willing to settle our claim or which may result in a defendant or potential defendant reducing or discontinuing
its operations or taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Act.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the response to limit
the spread of the infection may affect the financial condition of financing sources and the willingness of potential financing sources
to provide funding for our litigation. In addition, these factors may affect a law firms’ ability and willingness to provide us
with legal services on a contingent or partial contingent.
Further, to the extent that holders of intellectual
property rights see these factors impacting our ability to generate revenue from their intellectual property, they may be reluctant to
sell intellectual property to us on terms which are acceptable to us, if at all.
Purchase of Intellectual Property from Intellectual
Ventures Entities
On October 22, 2015, pursuant to an agreement
with an effective date of July 8, 2015, as amended, between us and Intellectual Ventures Assets 16, LLC (“IV16”), we purchased
three groups of patents from IV16 for a purchase price of $3,000,000, which was paid in three annual installments of $1,000,000 from the
proceeds of our loans from United Wireless. The patent portfolios which we acquired from IV16 are the anchor structure portfolio, the
power management/bus control portfolio and the diode on chip portfolio, which are described under “Business – Our Intellectual
Property Portfolios.”
On January 26, 2018, Photonic Imaging Solutions
Inc. (“PIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into an agreement with Intellectual Ventures Assets 64 LLC (“IV 64”)
pursuant to which PIS advanced $10,000 to IV 64 at closing and IV 64 assigned to PIS all right, title, and interest in a portfolio of
eleven United States patents and sixteen foreign patents (the “CMOS Portfolio”). Under the agreement, PIS will distribute
70% of the first $1,500,000 of revenue, as defined in the agreement, 30% of the next $1,500,000 of revenue and 50% of revenue over $3,000,000
to IV 64; with the $10,000 advance being treated as an advance against the first distributions of net proceeds payable to IV 64. PIS’
obligations under the monetization proceeds agreement are secured by a security interest in the proceeds (from litigation or otherwise)
from the portfolio. The patent portfolio which we acquired from IV 64 is the CMOS portfolio which is described under “Business –
Our Intellectual Property Portfolios.”
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On July 28, 2017, CXT, a wholly-owned subsidiary,
entered into an agreement with Intellectual Ventures Assets 34 LLC and Intellectual Ventures Assets 37 LLC (“IV 34/37”) pursuant
to which CTX paid IV 34/37 $25,000 and IV34/37 transferred to CXT all right, title and interest in a portfolio of thirteen United States
patents (the “CXT Portfolio”). Under the agreement, CXT will distribute 50% of net proceeds, as defined, to IV 34/37, as long
as we generate revenue from the CXT Portfolio. The $25,000 payment to IV 34/37 was made from a loan from United Wireless and was paid
by United Wireless directly to IV 34/37. The agreement with IV 34/37, as amended on January 26, 2018, provides that if, on December 31,
2018, December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020, cumulative distributions to IV 34/37 total less than $100,000, $375,000 and $975,000, respectively,
CXT shall pay the difference between such cumulative amounts and the amount paid to IV 34/37 within ten days after the applicable date.
The $25,000 advance is treated as an advance against distributions of net proceeds payable to IV 34/37. The useful lives of the patents,
at the date of acquisition, was 5-6 years. Neither we nor any affiliate of CXT has guaranteed the minimum payments. On December 31, 2021
the parties amended the agreement to provide that CXT will distribute 65% of net proceeds, as defined, to IV 34/37, as long as we generate
revenue from the CXT Portfolio and that if, on December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019, cumulative distributions to IV 34/37 total less
than $100,000 and $375,000, respectively, CXT shall pay the difference between such cumulative amounts and the amount paid to IV 34/37
within ten days after the applicable date. As of December 31, 2021 cumulative distributions to IV 34/37 totaled $375,000. CXT’s
obligations under the agreement with IV 34/37 are secured by a security interest in the proceeds (from litigation or otherwise) from the
CXT Portfolio. The patent portfolio which we acquired from IV 34/37 is the CXT portfolio which is described under “Business –
Our Intellectual Property Portfolios.”
On January 26, 2018, CXT entered into an agreement
with Intellectual Ventures Assets 62 LLC and Intellectual Ventures Assets 71 LLC “(IV 62/71”) pursuant to which CXT advanced
IV 62/71 $10,000 at closing and IV 62/71 assigned to CXT all right, title, and interest in a portfolio of sixteen United States patents
and three pending applications. Under the agreement, as amended on December 31, 2021, CXT will distribute 65% of net proceeds, as defined,
to IV 62/71, as long as we generate net proceeds from this portfolio. The initial $10,000 advance is treated as an advance toward our
future distributions of net proceeds payable to IV 62/71. CXT’s obligations under the agreement are secured by a security interest
in the proceeds (from litigation or otherwise) from the CXT Portfolio. In March 2021, we made a payment to IV 62/71 in the amount of $64,238.
We agreed to modify the monetization proceeds agreement between CXT and United Wireless to include the patents acquired from IV 62/71.
The monetization proceeds amendment was further amended by the MPA-CXT Agreement in connection with the restructure of our agreements
with Intelligent Partners.
On March 15, 2019, M-RED Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary, entered into an agreement with Intellectual Ventures Assets 113 LLC and Intellectual Ventures Assets 108 LLC (“IV 113/108”)
pursuant to which M-RED paid IV 113/108 $75,000 and IV 113/108 transferred to M-RED all right, title and interest in a portfolio of sixty
United States patents and eight foreign patents (the “M-RED Portfolio”). Under the agreement, M-RED will distribute 50% of
net proceeds, as defined, to IV 113/108, as long as we generate revenue from the M-RED Portfolio. The agreement with IV 113/108 provides
that if, on September 30, 2020, September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2022, cumulative distributions to IV 113/108 total less than $450,000,
$975,000 and $1,575,000, respectively, M-RED shall pay the difference between such cumulative amounts and the amount paid to IV 113/108
within ten days after the applicable date. The $75,000 advance is treated as an advance against the first distributions of net proceeds
payable to IV 113/108. On September 30, 2020 cumulative distributions to IV 113/108 totaled less than $450,000 and M-RED did not pay the
difference to IV 113/108 within ten days. On December 31, 2021 the parties amended the agreement to provide that M-RED will distribute
100% of undistributed net proceeds, as defined, resulting from agreements signed prior to December 31, 2021 and 65% of net proceeds thereafter
to IV 113/108, as long as we generate revenue from the M-RED Portfolio and that if, on December 31, 2021 cumulative distributions to IV
113/108 total less than $302,113.89, M-RED shall pay the difference between such cumulative amounts and the amount paid to IV 113/108
within ten days after the applicable date. As of December 31, 2021 cumulative distributions to IV 113/108 totaled $302,113.89. The useful
lives of the patents, at the date of acquisition, was approximately nine years. Neither we nor any affiliate of M-RED has guaranteed the
minimum payments. M-RED’s obligations under the agreement with IV 113/108 are secured by a security interest in the proceeds (from
litigation or otherwise) from the M-RED Portfolio. The patent portfolio which we acquired from IV 113/108 is the M-RED portfolio which
is described under “Business – Our Intellectual Property Portfolios.” Pursuant to the MPA-MR, Intelligent Partners is
entitled to receive 60% of the net proceeds as defined in the agreement.
A default under the agreements with the Intellectual
Ventures affiliates could result in a default under our agreements with QFL, and, even if QFL does not declare a default, QFL may be reluctant
to finance our intellectual property acquisition if we are in default under any of our patent acquisition agreements with Intellectual
Venture affiliates. Further, it may be necessary for any defaulting subsidiary to seek protection under the Bankruptcy Act if we are not
able to enter into modification agreements with the Intellectual Ventures affiliates.
Our Organization
We were incorporated in Delaware on July 17, 1987
under the name Phase Out of America. On September 21, 1997, we changed our name to Quest Products Corporation, and, on June 6, 2007, we
changed our name to Quest Patent Research Corporation. We have been engaged in the intellectual property monetization business since 2008.
Our executive principal office is located at 411 Theodore Fremd Ave., Suite 206S, Rye, New York 10580-1411, telephone (888) 743-7577.
Our website is www.qprc.com. Information contained on or derived from our website or any other website does not constitute a part of this
annual report.
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Our Intellectual Property Portfolios
Mobile Data
The real-time mobile data portfolio relates to
the automatic update of information delivered to a mobile device without the need for a manual refreshing. The portfolio is comprised
of U.S. Patent No. 7,194,468 “Apparatus and Method for Supplying Information” and all related patents, patent applications,
and all continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, extensions, renewals, reissues and re-examinations relating to all inventions
thereof (the “Mobile Data Portfolio”).
Through December 31, 2021, we did not receive
any proceeds from the Mobile Data Portfolio.
Flexible Packaging - Turtle Pak TM
In March 2008, we entered into an agreement with
Emerging Technologies Trust whereby our majority-owned subsidiary, Quest Packaging Solutions Corporation, acquired the exclusive license
to make, use, sell, offer for sale or sublicense the intellectual property of Emerging Technologies Trust (the “Turtle Pak™
Portfolio”). The Turtle Pak portfolio relates to a cost effective, high-protection packaging system recommended for fragile items
weighing less than ten pounds. The intellectual property consists of two U.S. patents, U.S. Patent No. RE36,412 and U.S. Patent No.6,490,844,
and the Turtle Pak TM trademark. Turtle Pak™ brand packaging is suited for such uses as electrical and electronic components,
medical, dental, and diagnostic equipment, instrumentation products, and control components. Turtle Pak™ brand packaging materials
are 100% curbside recyclable.
As the exclusive licensee and manager of the manufacture
and sale of licensed product, we coordinate the manufacture and sale of licensed products to end users; we contract for the manufacture
and assembly of the product components, and we coordinate order receipt, fulfillment and invoicing. We did not generate revenues from
the TurtlePak TM product for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
Universal Financial Data System
The invention describes a universal financial
data system which allows its holder to use the device to access one or more accounts stored in the memory of the device as a cash payment
substitute as well as to keep track of financial and transaction records and data, such as transaction receipts, in a highly portable
package, such as a cellular device (the “Financial Data Portfolio”). The inventive universal data system is capable of supporting
multiple accounts of various types, including but not limited to credit card accounts, checking/debit accounts, and loyalty accounts.
Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Wynn Technologies Inc., acquired US Patent No. 5,859,419, from the owner, Sol Wynn. In January 2001, we filed
a reissue application for the patent, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued patent RE38,137. This reissued patent,
which contains 35 separate claims, replaces the original patent, which had seven claims. In February 2011, we entered into a new agreement
with Sol Li (formerly Sol Wynn), pursuant to which we issued to Mr. Li a 35% interest in Wynn Technologies and warrants to purchase up
to 5,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.001 per share. These warrants expired unexercised. We also agreed that
Mr. Li would receive 40% of the net licensing revenues generated by Wynn Technologies with respect to this patent, which is the only patent
owned by Wynn Technologies. On December 17, 2018, Wynn Technologies, Inc. granted an exclusive license to the Financial Data Portfolio,
including the right to enforce, to our wholly owned subsidiary, Quest NetTech. Under the agreement, Quest NetTech receives 100% of the
net proceeds, as defined by the agreement. On April 11, 2019 Quest NetTech Corporation merged with Wynn Technologies, Inc. with Quest
NetTech Corporation being the surviving entity with Mr. Li having a 35% interest. On April 12, 2019, Quest NetTech brought a patent infringement
suit in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against Apple, Inc. The case was dismissed in May 2020.
We did not generate revenue from the Financial
Data Portfolio in 2021. Our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 includes revenue from the Financial Data Portfolio.
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Rich Media
The rich media portfolio is directed to methods,
systems, and processes that permit typical Internet users to design rich-media production content ( i.e. , rich-media applications),
such as websites. The portfolio consists of U.S. Patent No. 7,000,180, “Methods, Systems, and Processes for the Design and Creation
of Rich Media Applications via the Internet” and all related patents, patent applications, corresponding foreign patents and foreign
patent applications and foreign counterparts, and all continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, extensions, renewals, reissues
and re-examinations relating to all inventions thereof (the “Rich Media Portfolio”). In July 2008, we entered into a consulting
and licensing program management agreement with Balthaser Online, Inc., the patent owner, pursuant to which we performed services related
to the establishment and management of a licensing program to evaluate and analyze the relevant market and to obtain licenses for the
Rich Media Portfolio in exchange for management fees as well as an irrevocable entitlement to a distribution of 15% of all proceeds generated
by the Rich Media Portfolio for the remaining life of the portfolio regardless of whether those proceeds are derived from litigation,
settlement, licensing or otherwise. Our 15% distribution right is subject to reduction to 7.5% in the event that we refuse or are unable
to perform the services detailed in the agreement.
Through December 31, 2021, we did not generate
any revenue from the rich media patents.
Anchor Structure Portfolio
This portfolio, which we acquired from IV16 in
October 2015 and transferred to our subsidiary, Mariner IC Inc., consists of two United States patents which relate to technology for
incorporating metal structures in the corners and edges of semiconductor dies to prevent cracking from stresses.
In March 2016, we entered into a funding agreement
whereby a third party agreed to provide funds to us to enable us to implement a structured licensing program, including litigation if
necessary, for the Anchor Structure Portfolio and engaged counsel on a partial contingency basis in connection with a proposed patent
infringement action relating to the Anchor Structure Portfolio. Under the funding agreement, the third party received an interest in the
proceeds from the settlements relating to this portfolio in 2019. The funding agreement was terminated in 2021.
We did not generate license fees from the Anchor
Structure Portfolio in 2021 or 2020 and we do not anticipate allocating further resources to monetization of the Anchor Structure Portfolio.
Power Management/Bus Control Portfolio
This portfolio, which is the second portfolio
which we acquired from IV16 and transferred to a newly-formed subsidiary, Semcon IP Inc., consists of four United States patents that
cover fundamental technology for adjusting the processor clock and voltage to save power based on the operating characteristics of the
processor and one United States patent that relates to coordinating direct bus communications between subsystems in an assigned channel.
In March 2016, we entered into a funding agreement
whereby a third party agreed to provide funds to us to enable us to implement a structured licensing program, including litigation if
necessary, for the Power Management/Bus Control Portfolio and engaged counsel on a partial contingency basis in connection with a proposed
patent infringement action relating to the Power Management/Bus Control. Under the funding agreement, the third party received an interest
in the proceeds from the program. The funding agreement was terminated in 2022.
Following the execution of the funding agreement
and partial contingency agreement with counsel, in April 2016, Semcon IP Inc. brought patent infringement suits in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Huawei Technologies, MediaTek Inc., STMicroelectronics Inc., Texas Instruments Incorporated
and ZTE Corporation. As of December 31, 2018, these actions had been settled and dismissed.
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In May 2018, Semcon brought patent infringement
actions in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against AsusTeK Computer Inc., TCT Mobile International
Limited et. al., LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, SE, and Shenzhen OnePlus Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
The AsusTeK Computer Inc., TCT Mobile International
Limited et. al., LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, SE, and Shenzhen OnePlus Science & Technology Co., Ltd., actions were settled in
2020 and our revenue for 2020 includes revenue from these settlements. We did not generate revenue from the Power Management/Bus Control
Portfolio in 2021 and we do not anticipate allocating further resources to its monetization.
Diode on Chip Portfolio
This portfolio, which is the third portfolio which
we acquired from IV16 and transferred to a newly-formed subsidiary, IC Kinetics Inc., consists of three United States patents and one
pending continuation application which cover technology relating to on-chip temperature measurement for semiconductors. As of December
31, 2021, we did not generate any revenue from this portfolio.
CXT Portfolio
This portfolio consists of thirty United States
patents which cover technology relating to systems and methods of operating an accessible information database which provides for inventory
evaluation, filtering according to preferences, alternative product recommendations, and access to a database of consumer feedback/evaluation.
In April 2018 CXT brought a patent infringement
suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Academy Ltd., In May 2018 CXT brought patent infringement
suits in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Conn’s, Inc., Fossil Group, Inc., JC Penney
Company, Inc., and Tailored Brands, Inc. In May 2019, CXT brought patent infringement actions in the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Texas against Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., Hallmark.com, LLC, Retail Concepts, Inc. and CC Filson Co. In August
2019, CXT brought patent infringement suits in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Neiman Marcus
Group Ltd., General Nutrition Corporation and Steve Madden, Ltd.
In March 2021 CXT brought patent infringement
suits in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against Advanced Auto Parts, Inc., Costco Wholesale Corporation,
The Sherwin-Williams Company, V.F. Corporation and IKEA North America Services, LLC. In July 2021, HCL Technologies Limited (“HCL”),
as the world’ supplier of WebSphere Commerce products and citing CXT’s patent infringement suits against users of HCL’s
WebSphere Commerce products, brought an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas seeking a declaratory
judgment that HCL’s WebSphere Commerce products do not infringe CXT’s patents and that CXT’s patents are invalid.
The actions against Conn’s, Inc., Academy
Ltd., Fossil Group, Inc., JC Penney Company, Inc., Tailored Brands, Inc., Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., Hallmark, Retail Concepts, CC
Filson, General Nutrition, Steve Madden, Ltd. and Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. were resolved in 2020 and revenue for 2020 includes revenue
from any related settlements.
In 2021, the HCL matter was settled and dismissed
by mutual agreement pursuant to which HCL took a license to the CXT Portfolio and the actions against Advanced Auto Parts, Inc., Costco
Wholesale Corporation, The Sherwin-Williams Company, V.F. Corporation and IKEA North America Services, LLC were resolved. Revenue for
the year ended December 31, 2021 includes revenue from the resolution of these matters.
CMOS Portfolio
This portfolio consists of eleven United States
patents and sixteen foreign patents which cover technology relating to digital image sensor technology systems and methods which PIS acquired
on January 26, 2018.
We did not generate revenue from the CMOS Portfolio
in 2021 or 2020.
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M-RED Portfolio
This portfolio consists of sixty United States
patents and eight foreign patents which cover technology relating to processor and power management which M-RED acquired on March 15,
2019.
On April 29, 2019, M-RED brought patent infringement
suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against MediaTek Inc. and Acer Inc. On July 16, 2019, M-Red Inc. brought
a patent infringement suit in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against Panasonic Corporation. As of December 31, 2020,
all actions were settled and dismissed and revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 incudes revenue from settlements.
In March 2021, M-RED brought patent infringement suits in the U.S.
District for the Eastern District of Texas against Nintendo Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Xiaomi Corporation et. al.
In April 2021, the case against Nintendo Co., Ltd. was dismissed without prejudice. In August 2021, M-Red Inc. brought a patent infringement
suit in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against OnePlus Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. In September 2021, M-RED Inc.
brought patent infringement suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against ASRock Inc., Biostar Microtech International
Corp., Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd. and Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. As of December 31, 2021 the action against Giga-Byte Technology
Co., Ltd. has been stayed pending settlement.
The actions against Mitsubishi Electric Corporation,
ASRock Inc., and Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. were resolved in 2021 and our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes
revenue from any related settlements.
Audio Messaging Portfolio
This portfolio consists of five issued United
States patents and one pending application which generally relate to systems and methods for associating an audio clip with an object
which our wholly-owned subsidiary, Audio Messaging Inc. (“AMI”), acquired in May of 2020. Pursuant to an unsecured non-recourse
funding agreement, a third-party agreed to provide acquisition funding in the amount of $95,000 for the acquisition. Under the funding
agreement, the third party funder is entitled to a priority return of funds advanced from net proceeds, as defined, recovered until the
funder has received $190,000. The Company has no other obligation to the third party and has no liability to the funder in the event that
the Company does not generate net proceeds.
On October 8, 2021, AMI brought patent infringement
suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against ZTE Corporation, Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp.,
Ltd. and Beijing Xiaomi Software Co., Ltd.
Peregrin Portfolio
Acquired in February 2021 by our wholly owned
subsidiary, Peregrin Licensing LLC (“PLL”), this portfolio consists of eight issued United States patents which generally
relate to systems and methods for processing inbound and outbound communications, such as, for example, determining the location of a
caller and routing the inbound communication to an entity in the caller’s location (the “Peregrin Portfolio”). PLL acquired
the portfolio pursuant to an agreement with Peter K. Trzyna (“PKT”) whereby PKT assigned us all right, title, and interest
in a portfolio of eight United States patents, we paid PKT $350,000 at closing and agreed that upon the realization of gross proceeds
from the Peregrin Portfolio we shall make subsequent installment payment or payments in the aggregate amount of $93,900. Thereafter, PKT
is entitled to a percentage of any gross proceeds realized.
In July 2021, PLL brought patent infringement
suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against Bank of America Corporation, Discover Financial Services, U.S. Bank
N.A. and Wells Fargo & Co. All actions were resolved in 2021 and our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes revenue
from any related settlements.
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Taasera Portfolio
Acquired by our wholly-owned subsidiary, Taasera
Licensing LLC (“TLL”), this portfolio consists of 29 United States patents and 2 foreign patents which generally relate to
the field of network security (the “Taasera Portfolio”). In June 2021 seven patents were acquired via assignment from Taasera,
Inc. for the purchase price of $250,000. In August 2021 acquired a portfolio of network security patents from Daedalus Blue LLC (“DBL”)
consisting of 22 United States patents and 2 foreign patents. Original assignees of the patents acquired from DBL include International
Business Machines Corporation, Internet Security Systems, Inc. and Fiberlink Communications Corporation (“Fiberlink”). ISS
and Fiberlink were acquired by IBM in 2006 and 2013, respectively. In September 2019, IBM divested over 500 United States patent assets,
as well as a number of foreign counterparts in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere, to Daedalus Group, and affiliate of DBL. Pursuant to the acquisition
agreement, DBL is entitled to a portion of the net proceeds from monetization of the TLL portfolio.
In November 2021, TLL brought patent infringement
suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against Trend Micro Incorporated. In February 2022, TLL brought patent infringement
suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against Checkpoint Software Technologies Ltd. and Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Soundstreak Portfolio
Acquired through our acquisition of all of the
issued and outstanding equity interests of Soundstreak Texas LLC (“STX”) in August 2021 for a purchase price consisting of
50% of the net proceeds resulting from monetization of the patent portfolio, this patent portfolio consists of three United States patents
and one pending patent application which generally relate to streaming data (including audio or video) while also storing higher quality
versions of the same data locally. The patented technology has applications in the professional recording industry, digital audio/video
industries, the drone/remote capture industry, the teleconferencing industry, and more.
In August 2021, STX brought a patent infringement suit in the U.S.
District for the Eastern District of Texas against Yamaha Corporation and Steinberg Media Technologies GMBH. In September 2021, STX brought
patent infringement suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against Sony Group Corporation, Panasonic Corporation,
Olympus Corporation and Nikon Corporation.
The actions against Sony Group Corporation, Panasonic
Corporation, Olympus Corporation and Nikon Corporation were resolved in 2021 and our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes
revenue from any related settlements.
In March 2022, STX brought a patent infringement suit in the U.S. District
for the Eastern District of Texas against Parrot SA, Delair SAS, Drone Volt, SA, EHang Holdings Limited and Flyability SA.
Multimodal Media Portfolio
Acquired by the our wholly owned subsidiary, Multimodal
Media LLC (“MML”) in October 2021, the Multimodal Media portfolio consists of ten United States patents and one pending application
which generally relate to systems and methods of recording and sending interactive messages and voice messages using mobile devices, as
well as completing a communication after an incomplete call (the “Multimodal Media Portfolio”). MML advanced $550,000 at closing
pursuant to an agreement with Aawaaz Inc. (“AI”). Under the agreement, MML retains an amount equal to the purchase price plus
any fees incurred out of net proceeds, as defined in the agreement, after which AI is entitled to a percentage of further net proceeds
realized, if any.
The Multimodal Media Portfolio was originally
developed by Kirusa, Inc., a communications software development company founded in 2001 by Inderpal Mumick together with other technocrats
with a dream of connecting people through the power of voice. Heralded by the invention of Voice SMS, Kirusa, Inc. was born with a vision
to revolutionize the experiences users derived from their mobile phones.
In November 2021, MML brought patent infringement
suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against ZTE Corporation and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp.,
Ltd.
LS Cloud Storage Portfolio
We acquired this portfolio through our acquisition
of all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of LS Cloud Storage Technologies LLC (“LSC”) in November 2021, the LS
Cloud Portfolio consists of four United States patents which generally relate to data sharing using distributed cache.
In March 2022, LSC brought patent infringement
suits in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of Texas against Microsoft Corporation, Google LLC, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Amazon.com,
Inc. et.al.
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Competition
We encounter and expect to continue to encounter
competition in the areas of intellectual property acquisitions for the sake of licensure from both private and publicly traded companies
that engage in intellectual property monetization activities. Such competitors and potential competitors include companies seeking to
acquire the same intellectual property assets and intellectual property rights that we may seek to acquire. Entities such as Acacia Research
Corporation, Document Security Systems, Inc., Intellectual Ventures, Quarterhill Inc., Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.,
VirnetX Holding Corporation, Network-1 Security Solutions, Interdigital, Inc., IPValue Management Inc., Pendrell Corporation, Inventergy
Global, Inc., Netlist Inc., Parkervision Inc., Walker Innovation, Inc., Daedalus Group LLC and others derive all or a substantial portion
of their revenue from intellectual property monetization activities, and we expect more entities to enter the market. Most of our competitors
have longer operating histories and significantly greater financial resources and personnel than we have.
We also compete with venture capital firms, strategic
corporate buyers and various industry leaders for intellectual property and technology acquisitions and licensing opportunities. Many
of these competitors have more financial and human resources than our company. In seeking to obtain intellectual property assets or intellectual
property rights, we seek to both demonstrate our understanding of the intellectual property that we are seeking to acquire or license
and our ability to monetize their intellectual property rights. Our weak cash position and history of losses, together with our low stock
price, may impair our ability to negotiate successfully with the intellectual property owners.
Other companies may develop competing technologies
that offer better or less expensive alternatives to intellectual property rights that we may acquire and/or license. Many potential competitors
may have significantly greater resources than we do. The development of technological advances or entirely different approaches could
render certain of the technologies owned or controlled by our operating subsidiaries obsolete and/or uneconomical.
Intellectual Property Rights
We have fifteen intellectual property portfolios:
financial data, mobile data, Turtle Pak, anchor structure, power management/bus control, diode on chip, rich media, CXT, CMOS, M-RED,
Audio Messaging, Peregrin, Taasera, Soundstreak, Multmodal Media and LS Cloud. The following table sets forth information concerning our
patents and other intellectual property. Each patent or other intellectual property right listed in the table below that has been granted
is publicly accessible on the Internet website of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at www.uspto.gov. In the table below, the
anchor structure portfolio is referred to as Mariner, the power management/bus control portfolio is referred to as Semcom, the diode on
chip portfolio is referred to as IC, the Audio Messaging portfolio is referred to as AMI, the Peregrin portfolio is referred to as PLL,
the Taasera portfolio is referred to as TLL, the Soundstreak portfolio is referred to as STX, the Multimodal Media portfolio is referred
to as MML and the LS Cloud portfolio is referred to as LSC.
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration
Financial Data
US Patent
RE38,137
Programmable multiple company credit card system
1/11/2001
6/10/2003
9/28/2015
Mobile Data
US Patent
7,194,468
Apparatus and method for supplying information
4/13/2000
3/20/2007
4/13/2020
Mobile Data
US Patent
9,288,605
Apparatus and method for supplying information
11/12/2009
3/15/2016
4/13/2020
Mobile Data
US Patent
9,913,068
Apparatus and method for supplying information
3/15/2013
3/6/2018
7/20/2021
Mobile Data
US Application
15/877,820
Apparatus and method for supplying information
1/23/2018
5/31/2018
N/A
Turtle Pak
US Patent
6,490,844
Film wrap packaging apparatus and method
6/21/2001
12/10/2002
7/10/2021
Turtle Pak
US Trademark
74709827
Turtle pak - design plus words, letters, and/or numbers
8/1/1995
6/4/1996
N/A
Mariner
US Patent
5,650,666
Method and apparatus for preventing cracks in semiconductor die
11/22/1995
7/22/1997
11/22/2015
Mariner
US Patent
5,846,874
Method and apparatus for preventing cracks in semiconductor die
2/28/1997
12/8/1998
11/22/2015
Semcon
US Patent
7,100,061
Adaptive power control
1/18/2000
8/29/2006
1/18/2020
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Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration
Semcon
US Patent
7,596,708
Adaptive power control
4/25/2006
9/29/2009
1/18/2020
Semcon
US Patent
8,566,627
Adaptive power control
7/14/2009
10/22/2013
1/18/2020
Semcon
US Patent
8,806,247
Adaptive power control
12/21/2012
8/12/2014
1/18/2020
Semcon
PCT Application
PCT/US2001/001684
Adaptive power control
1/16/2001
7/26/2001
N/A
Semcon
Reexam Certificate
7,100,061C1
Adaptive power control
6/13/2007
8/4/2009
N/A
Semcon
US Patent
5,978,876
System and method for controlling communications between subsystems
4/14/1997
11/2/1999
4/14/2017
IC
US Patent
7,118,273
System for on-chip temperature measurement in integrated circuits
4/10/2003
10/10/2006
4/10/2023
IC
US Patent
7,108,420
System for on-chip temperature measurement in integrated circuits
10/7/2004
9/19/2006
4/10/2023
IC
US Patent
9,222,843
System for on-chip temperature measurement in integrated circuits
9/23/2011
12/29/2015
4/10/2023
IC
US Application
16/537,200
System for on-chip temperature measurement in integrated circuits
8/9/2019
11/28/2019
N/A
Rich Media
Patent Proceeds Interest
7,000,180
Methods, systems, and processes for the design and creation of rich media applications via the internet
02/09/2001
02/14/2006
10/16/2023
CXT
US Patent
7,103,568
Online product exchange system
2/23/2004
9/5/2006
8/8/2015
CXT
US Patent
7,933,806
Online product exchange system with price-sorted matching products
9/11/2006
4/26/2011
8/8/2015
CXT
US Patent
8,024,226
Product exchange system
11/6/2006
4/26/2011
8/8/2015
CXT
US Patent
5,983,220
Suppporting intuitive decision in complex multi-attributive domains using fuzzy, hierarchial expert models
11/14/1996
11/9/1999
11/14/2016
CXT
US Patent
6,463,431
Database evaluation system suppporting intuitive decision in complex multi-attributive domains using fuzzy, hierarchial expert models
6/25/1999
10/8/2002
11/14/2016
CXT
US Patent
5,940,807
Automated and independently accessible inventory information exchange system
5/28/1997
8/17/1999
5/23/17
CXT
US Patent
6,081,789
Automated and independently accessible inventory information exchange system
1/8/1999
6/27/2000
5/23/17
CXT
US Patent
6,601,043
Automated and independently accessible inventory information exchange system
6/26/2000
7/29/2003
5/23/17
CXT
US Patent
6,011,537
System for delivering and simultaneously displaying primary and secondary information, and for displaying only the secondary information during interstitial space
1/27/1998
1/4/2000
1/27/2018
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Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration
CXT
US Patent
7,133,835
Online exchange market system with a buyer auction and a seller auction
10/30/1995
11/7/2006
5/27/2018
CXT
US Patent
6,412,012
System, method, and article of manufacture for making a compatibility aware recommendation to a user
12/23/1998
6/25/2002
12/23/2018
CXT
US Patent
6,493,703
System and method for implementing intelligent online community message board
5/11/1999
12/10/2002
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
6,571,234
System and method for managing online message board
5/11/1999
5/27/2003
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
6,721,748
Online content provider system and method
5/13/2002
4/13/2004
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
6,778,982
Online content provider system and method
2/20/2003
8/17/2004
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
6,804,675
Online content provider system and method
3/17/2003
10/12/2004
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
7,159,011
System and method for managing an online messaging board
8/16/2004
1/2/2007
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
7,162,471
Content query system and method
8/16/2004
1/9/2007
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
RE43,835
Online content tabulating system and method
2/22/2007
11/27/2012
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
RE45,661
Online content tabulating system and method
11/20/2012
9/1/2015
5/11/2019
CXT
US Patent
7,065,494
Electronic customer service and rating system and method
6/25/1999
6/20/2006
6/25/2019
CXT
US Patent
7,340,411
System and method for generating, capturing, and managing customer lead information over a computer network
10/20/2003
3/4/2008
8/2/2021
CXT
US Patent
8,260,806
Storage, management and distribution of consumer information
6/29/2007
9/4/2012
10/17/2021
CXT
US Patent
7,487,130
Consumer-controlled limited and constrained access to a centrally stored information account
1/6/2006
2/3/2009
11/7/2021
CXT
US Patent
7,016,877
Consumer-controlled limited and constrained access to a centrally stored information account
11/7/2001
3/21/2006
2/22/2023
CXT
US Patent
7,257,581
Storage, management and distribution of consumer information
8/6/2001
8/14/2007
6/2/2023
CXT
US Patent
7,467,141
Branding and revenue sharing models for facilitating storage, management and distribution of consumer information
8/20/2001
12/16/2008
8/11/2023
CXT
US Patent
7,016,875
Single sign-on for access to a central data repository
10/9/2001
3/21/2006
8/19/2023
CXT
US Patent
8,566,248
Initiation of an information transaction over a network via a wireless device
11/20/2001
10/22/2013
6/17/2026
16
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration
CXT
US Patent
9,928,508
Single sign-on for access to a central data repository
1/6/2006
3/27/18
5/22/2027
CMOS
US Patent
6,624,404
CMOS image sensor having enhanced photosensitivity and method for fabricating the same
11/26/2001
9/23/2003
12/30/2019
CMOS
Korean Patent
KR10-0303774
Method for fabricating cmos image sensor
12/30/1998
7/13/2001
12/30/2018
CMOS
US Patent
6,348,361
CMOS image sensor having enhanced photosensitivity and method for fabricating the same
12/30/1999
2/19/2002
12/30/2019
CMOS
US Patent
6,184,055
CMOS image sensor with equivalent potential diode and method for fabricating the same
2/26/1999
2/6/2001
2/26/2019
CMOS
Chinese Patent
CNZL99105588.8
Complementary mos image sensor and making method thereof
2/28/1999
10/13/2004
2/27/2019
CMOS
Chinese Patent
CNZL200310104488.4
Image sensing device and its manufacturing method
2/28/1999
3/26/2008
2/27/2019
CMOS
German Patent
DE19908457.2
Photodiode used in cmos image sensing device
2/26/1999
11/28/2013
2/26/2019
CMOS
French Patent
FR2775541
Photodiode for use in a cmos image sensor and method for fabricating the same
3/1/1999
8/2/2002
3/1/2019
CMOS
French Patent
FR2779870
Photodiodes for image sensors
3/1/1999
5/13/2005
3/1/2019
CMOS
United Kingdom Patent
GB2334817
Photodiode for use in a cmos image sensor and method for fabricating the same
3/1/1999
7/1/2003
3/1/2019
CMOS
United Kingdom Patent
GB2383900
CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same
3/1/1999
8/20/2003
3/1/2019
CMOS
Japanese Patent
JP4390896
CMOS image sensor and manufacture thereof
3/1/1999
10/16/2009
3/1/2019
CMOS
Korean Patent
KR10-0278285
CMOS image sensor and manufacturing method thereof
2/24/1999
10/18/2000
2/24/2019
CMOS
Taiwanese Patent
TWI141677
CMOS image sensor with equivalent potential diode
3/22/1999
10/1/2001
3/21/2019
CMOS
US Patent
6,180,969
CMOS image sensor with equivalent potential diode
2/26/1999
1/30/2001
2/26/2019
CMOS
US Patent
6,563,187
CMOS image sensor integrated together with memory device
6/29/1999
5/13/2003
6/29/2019
CMOS
US Patent
6,949,388
CMOS image sensor integrated together with memory device
5/12/2003
9/27/2005
11/9/2019
CMOS
Korean Patent
KR10-0464955
CMOS image sensor integrated with memory device
6/29/1998
12/24/2004
6/29/2018
CMOS
US Patent
6,627,929
Solid state ccd image sensor having a light shielding layer
6/13/2001
9/30/2003
10/13/2018
17
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration
CMOS
Korean Patent
KR10-0263473
Solid state image device and fabrication method thereof
2/16/1998
5/17/2000
2/16/2018
CMOS
US Patent
6,300,157
Solid state image sensor and method for fabricating the same
10/13/1998
10/9/2001
10/13/2018
CMOS
US Patent
7,113,203
Method and system for single-chip camera
5/7/2002
9/26/2006
5/13/2022
CMOS
US Patent
6,706,550
Photodiode having a plurality of PN junctions and image sensor having the same
10/16/2002
3/16/2004
2/26/2019
CMOS
Japanese Patent
JP4139931
Pinned photodiode of image sensor, and its manufacture
6/28/1999
6/20/2008
6/28/2019
CMOS
Korean Patent
KR10-0275123
Pinned photodiode of image sensor and manufacturing method thereof
6/29/1998
9/19/2000
6/29/2018
CMOS
Taiwanese Patent
TWI133257
Photodiode having a plurality of PN junctions and image sensor having the same
6/30/1999
5/28/2001
6/29/2019
CMOS
US Patent
6,489,643
Photodiode having a plurality of PN junctions and image sensor having the same
6/28/1999
12/3/2002
6/28/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,853,259
Ring oscillator dynamic adjustments for auto calibration
8/15/2001
2/8/2005
8/15/2021
M-RED
US Patent
7,068,557
Ring oscillator dynamic adjustments for auto calibration
1/25/2005
6/27/2006
8/15/2021
M-RED
US Patent
7,209,401
Ring oscillator dynamic adjustments for auto calibration
5/2/2006
4/24/2007
8/15/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,221,682
Method and apparatus for evaluating a known good die using both wire bond and flip-chip interconnects
5/28/1999
4/24/2001
5/28/2019
M-RED
US Patent
RE43,607
Method and apparatus for evaluating a known good die using both wire bond and flip-chip interconnects
5/31/2007
8/28/2012
12/31/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,177,843
Oscillator circuit controlled by programmable logic
5/26/1999
1/23/2001
5/26/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,628,171
Method, architecture and circuit for controlling and/or operating an oscillator
1/23/2001
9/30/2003
5/26/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,831,690
Electrical sensing apparatus and method utilizing an array of transducer elements
12/7/1999
12/14/2004
12/7/2019
M-RED
US Patent
7,511,754
Electrical sensing apparatus and method utilizing an array of transducer elements
10/26/2004
3/31/2009
2/7/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,498,399
Low dielectric-constant dielectric for etchstop in dual damascene backend of integrated circuits
9/8/1999
12/24/2002
9/8/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,744,311
Switching amplifier with voltage-multiplying output stage
4/23/2002
6/1/2004
4/23/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,646,465
Programmable Logic Device Including Bi-Directional Shift Register
2/7/2002
11/11/2003
2/7/2022
18
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration
M-RED
US Patent
6,721,310
Multiport non-blocking high capacity atm and packet switch
11/2/2001
4/13/2004
11/2/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,456,183
Inductor for Integrated Circuit
2/24/2000
9/24/2002
2/24/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,838,970
Inductor for Integrated Circuit
7/26/2002
1/4/2005
9/30/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,459,135
Monolithic Integrated Circuit Incorporating An Inductive Component And Process For Fabricating Such An Integrated Circuit
3/15/2000
10/1/2002
3/15/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,388,322
Article comprising a mechanically compliant bump
1/17/2001
5/14/2002
1/17/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,458,411
Method of making a mechanically compliant bump
10/5/2001
10/1/2002
1/17/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,506,648
Method of fabricating a high power RF field effect transistor with reduced hot electron injection and resulting structure
9/2/1998
1/14/2003
6/27/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,735,422
Calibrated DC compensation system for a wireless communication device configured in a zero intermediate frequency architecture
10/2/2000
5/11/2004
10/2/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,674,998
System and method for detecting and correcting phase error between differential signals
12/21/2000
1/6/2004
10/2/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,891,440
Quadrature oscillator with phase error correction
12/21/2000
1/6/2004
8/8/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,763,228
Precision automatic gain control circuit
12/21/2001
7/13/2004
10/3/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,748,200
Automatic gain control system and method for a ZIF architecture
4/4/2003
6/8/2004
10/2/2020
M-RED
US Patent
RE42,799
Packet acquisition and channel tracking for a wireless communication device configured in a zero intermediate frequency architecture
6/27/2008
10/4/2011
1/22/2023
M-RED
US Patent
6,560,448
DC compensation system for a wireless communication device configured in a zero intermediate frequency architecture
10/2/2000
5/6/2003
8/29/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,448,910
Method and apparatus for convolution encoding and viterbi decoding of data that utilize a configurable processor to configure a plurality of re-configurable processing elements
3/26/2001
9/10/2002
3/26/2021
M-RED
US Patent
7,127,588
Apparatus and method for an improved performance VLIW processor
12/5/2000
10/24/2006
3/17/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,757,752
Micro Controller Development System
1/14/2002
6/29/2004
1/14/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,509,646
Apparatus For Reducing An Electrical Noise Inside A Ball Grid Array Package
5/22/2000
1/21/2003
5/22/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,365,970
Bond Pad Structure And Its Method Of Fabricating
12/10/1999
4/2/2002
12/10/2019
19
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration
M-RED
US Patent
6,912,601
Method of programming PLDs using a wireless link
6/28/2000
6/28/2005
5/11/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,496,054
Control signal generator for an overvoltage-tolerant interface circuit on a low voltage process
5/9/2001
12/17/2002
5/9/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,194,279
Fabrication method for gate spacer
6/28/1999
2/27/2001
6/28/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,281,554
Electrostatic discharge protection circuit
3/20/2000
8/28/2001
3/20/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,657,263
MOS transistors having dual gates and self-aligned interconnect contact windows
6/28/2001
12/2/2003
3/24/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,461,908
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
4/10/2001
10/8/2002
4/10/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,737,995
Clock and data recovery with a feedback loop to adjust the slice level of an input sampling circuit
4/10/2002
5/18/2004
4/18/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,747,522
Digitally controlled crystal oscillator with integrated coarse and fine control
5/3/2002
6/8/2004
5/17/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,275,116
Method, circuit and/or architecture to improve the frequency range of a voltage controlled oscillator
6/8/1999
8/14/2001
6/8/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,608,763
Stacking system and method
9/15/2000
8/19/2003
5/24/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,404,043
Panel stacking of BGA devices to form three-dimensional modules
6/21/2000
6/11/2002
6/21/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,472,735
Three-dimensional memory stacking using anisotropic epoxy interconnections
4/5/2001
10/29/2002
6/27/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,544,815
Panel stacking of BGA devices to form three-dimensional modules
8/6/2001
4/8/2003
6/21/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,566,746
Panel stacking of BGA devices to form three-dimensional modules
12/14/2001
5/20/2003
6/21/2020
M-RED
US Patent
6,878,571
Panel stacking of BGA devices to form three-dimensional modules
12/11/2002
4/12/2005
4/30/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,627,984
Chip stack with differing chip package types
7/24/2001
9/30/2003
7/24/2021
M-RED
US Patent
6,908,792
Chip stack with differing chip package types
10/3/2002
6/21/2005
2/21/2022
M-RED
US Patent
6,205,524
Multimedia arbiter and method using fixed round-robin slots for real-time agents and a timed priority slot for non-real-time agents
9/16/1998
3/20/2001
9/16/2018
M-RED
US Patent
6,157,978
Multimedia round-robin arbitration with phantom slots for super-priority real-time agent
1/6/1999
12/5/2000
9/16/2018
M-RED
US Patent
6,117,750
Process for obtaining a layer of single-crystal germanium or silicon on a substrate of single-crystal silicon or germanium, respectively
12/21/1998
9/12/2000
12/21/2018
20
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration
M-RED
US Patent
6,429,098
Process for obtaining a layer of single-crystal germanium or silicon on a substrate of single-crystal silicon or germanium, respectively, and multilayer products obtained
9/11/2000
8/6/2002
12/21/2018
M-RED
US Patent
6,134,176
Disabling a defective element in an integrated circuit device having redundant elements
11/24/1998
10/17/2000
11/24/2018
M-RED
US Patent
6,366,998
Reconfigurable functional units for implementing a hybrid vliw-simd programming model
10/14/1998
4/2/2002
10/14/2018
M-RED
US Patent
6,401,217
Method For Error Recognition In A Processor System
7/22/1998
6/4/2002
7/22/2018
M-RED
US Patent
6,169,028
Method for fabricating metal interconnected structure
1/26/1999
1/2/2001
1/26/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,190,981
Method for fabricating metal oxide semiconductor
2/3/1999
2/20/2001
2/3/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,130,823
Stackable ball grid array module and method
2/1/1999
10/10/2000
2/1/2019
M-RED
US Patent
6,208,004
Semiconductor device with high-temperature-stable gate electrode for sub-micron applications and fabrication thereof
8/19/1998
3/27/2001
8/19/2018
M-RED
US Patent
6,479,362
Semiconductor device with high-temperature-stable gate electrode for sub-micron applications and fabrication thereof
2/14/2001
11/12/2002
8/19/2018
M-RED
Korean Patent
KR10-0796825
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
4/3/2001
6/24/2009
4/3/2021
M-RED
British Patent
GB0930382
Process for obtaining a layer of single crystal germanium or silicon on single crystal silicon or germanium substrate respectively, and multilayer products thus obtained
12/9/1998
8/21/2002
12/9/2018
M-RED
Italian Patent
IT0930382
Process for obtaining a layer of single crystal germanium or silicon on single crystal silicon or germanium substrate respectively, and multilayer products thus obtained
12/9/1998
8/21/2002
12/9/2018
M-RED
Korean Patent
KR10-0633947
Method of fabricating a high power rf field effect transistor with reduced hot electron injection and resulting structure
8/17/1999
10/4/2006
8/17/2019
M-RED
French Patent
FR2791470
Monolithic Integrated Circuit Comprising An Inductor And A Method Of Fabricating The Same
3/23/1999
6/1/2001
3/23/2019
M-RED
French Patent
FR2790328
Inductive Component, Integrated Transformer, In Particular For A Radio Frequency Circuit, And Associated Integrated Circuit With Such Inductive Component Or Integrated Transformer
2/26/1999
4/20/2001
2/26/2019
21
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration*
M-RED
Japanese Patent
JP4846167
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
4/3/2001
10/21/2011
4/3/2021
M-RED
Japanese Patent
JP5051939
Electric sensor device, method for generating electric signal from array of converter element
12/5/2000
8/3/2012
12/5/2020
AMI
US Patent
8,280,014
System and method for associating audio clips with objects
11/29/2006
10/02/2012
11/08/2030
AMI
US Patent
9,088,667
System and method for associating audio clips with objects
09/06/2012
07/21/2015
06/30/2027
AMI
US Patent
10,033,876
System and method for associating audio clips with objects
06/02/2015
07/24/2018
11/29/2026
AMI
US Patent
10,348,909
System and method for associating audio clips with objects
06/18/2018
07/09/2019
11/29/2026
AMI
US Patent
10,938,995
System and method for associating audio clips with objects
05/23/2019
03/02/2021
11/29/2026
AMI
US Patent Application
17/162,354
System and method for associating audio clips with objects
01/29/2021
n/a
n/a
PLL
US Patent
7,761,371
Analyzing a credit counseling agency
07/19/2007
07/20/2010
10/19/2020
PLL
US Patent
7,827,097
System for transferring an inbound communication to one of a plurality of credit-counseling agencies
10/19/2000
11/02/2010
10/23/2024
PLL
US Patent
7,860,785
Communication system to automatically refer an inbound communication
07/19/2007
12/28/2010
10/19/2020
PLL
US Patent
8,209,257
System for transferring an inbound communication to one of a plurality of credit-counseling agencies
11/01/2010
06/26/2012
11/27/2020
PLL
US Patent
8,725,630
Method of processing a phone call
06/25/2012
05/13/2014
10/19/2020
PLL
US Patent
9,948,771
Using an interactive voice response apparatus
05/12/2014
04/17/2018
12/23/2022
PLL
US Patent
10,230,840
Method of using an apparatus processing phone call routing
05/12/2014
03/12/2019
01/05/2022
PLL
US Patent
10,735,582
Apparatus processing phone calls
03/11/2019
08/04/2020
10/19/2020
22
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration*
TLL
US Patent
8,327,441
System and method for application attestation
2/17/2012
12/4/2012
2/17/2032
TLL
US Patent
8,776,180
Systems and methods for using reputation scores in network services and transactions to calculate security risks to computer systems and platforms
7/27/2012
7/8/2014
7/27/2032
TLL
US Patent
8,850,517
Runtime risk detection based on user, application, and system action sequence correlation
1/15/2013
9/30/2014
1/15/2033
TLL
US Patent
8,850,588
Systems and methods for providing
Mobile security based on dynamic
Attestation
7/27/2012
9/30/2014
7/27/2032
TLL
US Patent
8,990,948
Systems and methods for orchestrating runtime operational integrity
7/27/2012
3/24/2015
7/27/2032
TLL
US Patent
9,027,125
Systems and methods for network flow remediation based on risk correlation
7/27/2012
5/5/2015
7/27/2032
TLL
US Patent
9,092,616
Systems and methods for threat identification and remediation
7/27/2012
7/28/2015
7/27/2032
TLL
US Patent
7565549
System and method for the managed security control of processes on a computer system
7/3/2007
7/21/2009
7/3/2027
TLL
US Patent
7673137
System and method for the managed security control of processes on a computer system
1/3/2003
3/2/2010
1/3/2023
TLL
US Patent
8150958
Methods, systems and computer program products for disseminating status information to users of computer resources
5/5/2004
4/3/2012
5/5/2024
TLL
US Patent
8955038
Methods and systems for controlling access to computing resources based on known security vulnerabilities
8/16/12
2/10/2015
8/16/2032
TLL
US Patent
9608997
Methods and systems for controlling access to computing resources based on known security vulnerabilities
2/10/2015
3/28/2017
2/10/2035
23
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration*
TLL
US Patent
9923918
Methods and systems for controlling access to computing resources based on known security vulnerabilities
3/27/2017
3/20/2018
3/27/2037
TLL
Korean Patent
20090075861
On demand virus scan
12/4/2007
n/a
n/a
TLL
US Patent
8572738
On demand virus scan
12/7/2006
10/29/2013
12/7/2026
TLL
US Patent
6842796
Information extraction from documents with regular expression matching
7/3/2001
1/11/2005
7/3/2021
TLL
US Patent
6928549
Dynamic intrusion detection for computer systems
7/9/2001
8/9/2005
7/9/2021
TLL
US Patent
8180941
Mechanisms for priority control in resource allocation
12/4/2009
5/15/2012
12/4/2029
TLL
US Patent
8055996
Lightweight form pattern validation
11/13/2003
11/8/2011
11/13/2023
TLL
US Patent
8086835
Rootkit detection
6/4/2007
12/27/2011
6/4/2027
TLL
US Patent
8127356
System, method and program product for detecting unknown computer attacks
8/27/2003
2/28/2012
8/27/2023
TLL
US Patent
8135958
Method, system, and apparatus for dynamically validating a data encryption operation
11/22/2005
3/13/2012
11/22/2025
TLL
US Patent
8140853
Mutually excluded security managers
7/1/2008
3/20/2012
7/1/2028
TLL
US Patent
8171533
Managing web single sign-on applications
9/29/2008
5/1/2012
9/1/2028
TLL
US Patent
8819419
Method and system for dynamic encryption of a URL
4/3/2003
8/26/2014
4/3/2023
TLL
US Patent
9118634
Dynamic encryption of a universal resource locator
7/2/2014
8/25/2015
7/2/2034
TLL
US Patent
9628453
Dynamic encryption of a universal resource locator
6/10/2015
4/18/2017
6/10/2035
TLL
US Patent
9860251
Dynamic encryption of a universal resource locator
1/30/2017
1/2/2018
1/30/2037
TLL
US Patent
8769126
Expanded membership access control in a collaborative environment
6/24/2004
7/1/2014
7/1/2018
TLL
European Patent
EP2727042
Rules based actions for mobile device management
7/2/2012
4/6/2016
7/2/2032
TLL
US Patent
9071518
Rules based actions for mobile device management
7/2/2012
6/30/2015
7/2/2032
STX
US Patent
7,592,532
Method and Apparatus for Remote Voice-over or Music Production and Management
9/27/2005
9/22/2009
4/25/2026
STX
US Patent
9,635,312
Method and Apparatus for Remote Voice-over or Music Production and Management
12/11/2015
4/25/2017
9/27/2025
STX
US Patent
10,726,822
Method and Apparatus for Remote Digital Content Monitoring and Management
4/24/2017
7/28/2020
9/27/2025
STX
US Application
16/940,157
Method and Apparatus for Remote Digital Content Monitoring and Management
7/27/2020
n/a
24
Segment
Type
Number
Title
File Date
Issue / Publication
Date
Expiration*
MML
US Patent
7,725,116
Techniques for combining voice with wireless text short message services
11/25/2006
5/25/2010
9/17/2026
MML
US Patent
7,929,949
Interactive multimodal messaging
2/3/2009
4/19/2011
2/3/2029
MML
US Patent
8,107,978
Addressing voice SMS messages
3/27/2008
1/31/2012
3/27/2028
MML
US Patent
8,688,150
Methods for identifying messages and communicating with users of a multimodal message service
8/12/2005
4/1/2014
2/16/2029
MML
US Patent
9,185,227
Sender driven call completion system
12/12/2013
11/10/2015
12/12/2033
MML
US Patent
9,520,851
Predictive automatic gain control in a media processing system
3/12/2015
12/13/2016
6/9/2035
MML
US Patent
9,532,191
Multi-modal transmission of early media notifications
5/17/2013
12/27/2016
5/17/2033
MML
US Patent
9,686,324
System and method for establishing communication links between mobile devices
2/27/2014
6/20/2017
5/1/2034
MML
US Patent
10,552,030
Multi-Gesture Media Recording System
10/11/2013
2/4/2020
7/5/2035
MML
US Patent
10,884,609
Multi-Gesture Media Recording System
1/7/2020
1/5/2021
10/11/2033
MML
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Subject to any terminal disclaimer or patent term extension
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Research and Development
We did not incur research and development expenses
during 2021 or 2020.
Consulting Contracts
On February 22, 2021, we entered into advisory
service agreement with three consultants pursuant to which they will provide services to us in connection with the development of our
business. The agreements have a term of ten years and may be terminated by us for cause or upon the death or disability of the consultants.
Pursuant to the agreements with two of the consultants,
the compensation payable to each of them consists of a restricted stock grant of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock which vested in full
immediately upon issuance and a ten-year option to purchase a total of 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock, which become exercisable cumulatively
as follows:
● 10,000,000
shares at an exercise price of $0.01 per share becoming exercisable upon the commencement of trading of our common stock on the OTCQB
which occurred on May 7, 2021.
● 10,000,000
shares at an exercise price of $0.03 per share, becoming exercisable on the first day on which we file with the SEC a Form 10-K or Form
10-Q which stockholders’ equity of at least $5,000,000, and
● 10,000,000
shares at an exercise price of $0.05 per share becoming exercisable on the date on which the Common Stock is listed for trading on the
Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange.
Pursuant to the agreement with the third consultant, the compensation
payable to him consists of a restricted stock grant of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock which immediately vests in full and a ten-year
option to purchase 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock, which becomes exercisable cumulatively as follows:
● 10,000,000
shares at an exercise price of $0.01 per share which became exercisable on February 22, 2022, which was the first anniversary of the
date of the agreement;
● 10,000,000
shares at an exercise price of $0.03 per share upon the second anniversary of the date of the agreement; and
● 10,000,000
shares at an exercise price of $0.05 per share upon the third anniversary of the date of the agreement.
Employees
As of March 31, 2022, we have no employees other
than our two officers, only one of whom, Mr. Jon Scahill, our chief executive officer and president, is full time. Our employees
are not represented by a labor union, and we consider our employee relations to be good.
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