Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Management’s Conclusions Regarding Effectiveness
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness
of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”), as defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of September 30, 2023, the end of the period
covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Disclosure Controls evaluation was done under the supervision and with the participation
of management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, which positions are held by the same person. There are
inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure
controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon this evaluation, our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting,
our disclosure controls were not effective as of September 30, 2023, such that the information required to be disclosed by us in
reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
As reported in our annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2022, management has determined that our internal control over financial reporting contains material weaknesses
due to lack of segregation of duties within accounting functions as well as lack of qualified accounting personnel and excessive reliance
on third party consultants for accounting, financial reporting and related activities. These problems continue to affect us as we only
have one full-time executive officer, who is our only full-time employee and who serves as chief executive officer and chief financial
officer.
During the period ended September 30, 2023,
there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act)
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 6. Exhibits.
31.1
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1
Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 13, 2023
QUEST PATENT RESEARCH CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Jon C. Scahill
Jon C. Scahill
Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer
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