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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
−Removed: September 30,
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $ 0 and $ 0 , respectively
Other current assets
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Current liabilities
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
+Added: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities ($ 1,378,154 due to related
+Added: parties at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023)
Loans payable
−Removed: Funding liabilities
+Added: Funding liability
Loan payable - related party
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Common stock, par value $ 0.00003 per share;
−Removed: authorized 30,000,000 at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022;
−Removed: shares issued and outstanding 5,331,973 at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022
+Added: authorized 30,000,000 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023;
+Added: 5,331,973 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023
Additional paid-in capital
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QUEST PATENT RESEARCH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
−Removed: OF OPERATIONS
+Added: UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
Patent licensing fees
−Removed: Cost of revenues
+Added: Cost of revenue
Litigation and licensing expenses
−Removed: Gross (loss) profit
Operating expenses
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Total operating expenses
−Removed: Loss from operations
−Removed: ( 2,186,793 )
−Removed: ( 1,402,474 )
−Removed: Other (expense) income
+Added: Income (loss) from operations
+Added: Other expenses
Change in fair market value of warrant liability
Interest expense
−Removed: Total other (expense) income
−Removed: Income (loss) before income tax
−Removed: ( 2,912,297 )
+Added: Total other expenses
+Added: Loss before income tax
Income tax expense
−Removed: Net income (loss)
$ ( 431,442 )
$ ( 939,365 )
−Removed: $ ( 278,918 )
−Removed: Income (loss) per share - basic and diluted
+Added: Loss per share - basic and diluted
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted
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QUEST PATENT RESEARCH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
−Removed: OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
−Removed: Non-controlling
−Removed: Stockholders’
+Added: UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES
+Added: IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
+Added: Additional Paid-In
+Added: Non-controlling Interest in
+Added: Total Stockholders’
Balances as of January 1, 2023
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$ ( 9,483,619 )
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Balances as of June 30, 2022
−Removed: ( 25,818,561 )
−Removed: ( 8,242,299 )
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Balances as of September 30, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 25,714,896 )
−Removed: $ ( 8,113,431 )
+Added: Additional Paid-In
Non-controlling Interest in
−Removed: Stockholders’
−Removed: Balances as of January 1, 2023
+Added: Total Stockholders’
+Added: Balances as of December 31, 2023 (Restated)
$ ( 23,911,021 )
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$ ( 6,661,282 )
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: ( 1,169,646 )
−Removed: ( 1,169,646 )
−Removed: Balances as of June 30, 2023
−Removed: ( 28,298,505 )
−Removed: ( 10,643,293 )
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Balances as of September 30, 2023
−Removed: $ ( 29,131,791 )
−Removed: $ ( 11,466,498 )
−Removed: See the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements.
+Added: See the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed
+Added: consolidated financial statements.
QUEST PATENT RESEARCH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
−Removed: OF CASH FLOWS
−Removed: For the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH
+Added: Three Months Ended March 31,
Cash flows from operating activities:
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Change in fair market value of warrant liability
−Removed: ( 1,432,145 )
Stock-based compensation
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Accrued interest
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Other current assets
+Added: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: ( 1,516,520 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
−Removed: Purchase of intangible assets
−Removed: ( 3,330,000 )
−Removed: ( 1,502,000 )
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: Purchase of patents
( 3,300,000 )
+Added: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
( 3,300,000 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
−Removed: Payments on loans - related party
Proceeds from funding liability
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Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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Cash paid during the period for:
−Removed: See the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements.
+Added: See the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed
+Added: consolidated financial statements.
QUEST PATENT RESEARCH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
−Removed: NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
+Added: NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
+Added: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
The Company is a Delaware corporation, incorporated
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activities are conducted by the Company’s wholly and majority-owned and controlled operating subsidiaries.
−Removed: The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.
−Removed: (GAAP) for interim financial
−Removed: information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X.
−Removed: Accordingly, these interim financial statements do
−Removed: not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.
−Removed: All adjustments (consisting of normal
−Removed: recurring items) necessary to present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial position have been included.
−Removed: These interim financial
−Removed: statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our annual report
−Removed: on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Operating results for the interim periods presented herein are not necessarily
−Removed: indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year.
+Added: The accompanying unaudited condensed
+Added: consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.
+Added: for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X.
+Added: Accordingly, these interim
+Added: financial statements do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.
+Added: adjustments (consisting of normal recurring items) necessary to present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial position
+Added: have been included.
+Added: These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the restated consolidated financial
+Added: statements and accompanying notes included in amendment no.1 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2023.
+Added: Operating results for the interim periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results
+Added: that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) and present the consolidated financial statements
−Removed: of the Company and its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements include
−Removed: the accounts and operations of:
+Added: of the Company and its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries as of March 31, 2024.
+Added: The consolidated financial statements include the
+Added: accounts and operations of:
Quest Patent Research Corporation
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(wholly owned) (formerly Quest Licensing Corporation (NY))
−Removed: Quest Licensing Corporation
−Removed: (DE) (“QLC”) (wholly owned)
−Removed: Quest Packaging Solutions
−Removed: Corporation ( 90 % owned)
−Removed: Quest Nettech Corporation
−Removed: (“NetTech”) ( 65 % owned)
+Added: Quest Licensing Corporation (DE)
+Added: (“QLC”) (wholly owned)
+Added: Quest Packaging Solutions Corporation
+Added: ( 90 % owned)
+Added: Quest Nettech Corporation (“NetTech”)
+Added: ( 65 % owned)
Semcon IP, Inc.
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(wholly owned)
−Removed: Photonic Imaging Solutions
+Added: Photonic Imaging Solutions Inc.
(“PIS”) (wholly owned)
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(wholly owned)
−Removed: Harbor Island Dynamic LLC
−Removed: (“HID”) (wholly owned)
+Added: Harbor Island Dynamic LLC (“HID”)
+Added: (wholly owned)
Flash Uplink LLC (“FUL”)
(wholly owned)
−Removed: In February 2022, the Company changed the name
−Removed: of Quest Licensing Corporation to Digital IP Advisors Incorporated.
Significant intercompany transactions and balances
have been eliminated in consolidation.
−Removed: The non-controlling interests are presented in
−Removed: the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, separately from equity attributable to the shareholders of the Company.
−Removed: three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, none of the Company’s net loss was attributable to non-controlling interests.
−Removed: Reverse Split, Change in Authorized Common
−Removed: On July 27, 2022, the Company amended its amended
−Removed: and restated certificate of incorporation.
−Removed: The amendment (i) decreased the number of authorized shares of common stock from 10,000,000,000
−Removed: shares to 30,000,000 shares and (ii) effected a one-for-100 reverse split whereby each share of common stock, par value $ 0.00003 per share,
−Removed: became and was converted into 0.01 share of such common stock, with fractional shares being rounded up to the next higher whole number
−Removed: All authorized share and share information in these financial statements retroactively reflect the reverse split and change
−Removed: in authorized common stock.
+Added: The non-controlling interests are presented in the
+Added: unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, separately from equity attributable to the stockholders of the Company.
+Added: During the three
+Added: months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, none of the Company’s net loss was attributable to non-controlling interests.
Use of Estimates
−Removed: In preparing financial statements in conformity
−Removed: with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to make estimates and assumptions
−Removed: that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
−Removed: financial statements and revenue and expenses during the reporting period.
+Added: In preparing financial statements in conformity with
+Added: accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that
+Added: affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
+Added: statements and revenue and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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dates of three months or less when purchased, to be cash equivalents.
−Removed: The Company had no cash equivalents as of September 30, 2023 and
+Added: The Company had no cash equivalents as of March 31, 2024 and
December 31, 2023.
Accounts Receivable
−Removed: Accounts receivable, which generally relate to
−Removed: licensed sales, are presented on the balance sheet net of estimated uncollectible amounts.
−Removed: The Company records an allowance for estimated
−Removed: uncollectible accounts in an amount approximating anticipated losses.
−Removed: Individual uncollectible accounts are written off against the allowance
−Removed: when collection of the individual accounts appears doubtful.
−Removed: The Company did not record an allowance for doubtful accounts at September
−Removed: 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
+Added: Accounts receivable, which generally relate to licensed
+Added: sales, are presented on the balance sheet net of estimated uncollectible amounts.
+Added: The Company records an allowance for estimated uncollectible
+Added: accounts in an amount approximating anticipated losses.
+Added: Individual uncollectible accounts are written off against the allowance when collection
+Added: of the individual accounts appears doubtful.
+Added: The Company did not record an allowance for credit losses at March 31, 2024 and December 31,
+Added: The accounts receivable balance at March 31,
+Added: 2024 and December 31, 2023 of approximately $ 3,989,000 and $ 3,015,000 , respectively, represent amounts due and payable in connection
+Added: with the settlement of patent infringement lawsuits.
+Added: The amounts were fully guaranteed by the licensee pursuant to the license agreement.
+Added: In April 2024, the Company collected approximately $ 3,000,000 of the March 31, 2024 balance.
Intangible Assets
−Removed: Intangible assets consist of patents which are
−Removed: amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives or statutory lives whichever is shorter and are reviewed for
−Removed: impairment upon any triggering event that may give rise to the asset’s ultimate recoverability as prescribed under the guidance related
−Removed: to impairment of long-lived assets.
−Removed: Costs incurred to acquire patents, including legal costs, are also capitalized as long-lived assets
−Removed: and amortized on a straight-line basis with the associated patent.
−Removed: Patents include the cost of patents or patent
−Removed: rights (hereinafter, collectively “patents”) acquired from third-parties or acquired in connection with business combinations.
−Removed: Patent acquisition costs are amortized utilizing the straight-line method over their remaining economic useful lives, ranging from one
−Removed: to ten years .
−Removed: Certain patent application and prosecution costs incurred to secure additional patent claims that, based on management’s
−Removed: estimates are deemed to be recoverable, are capitalized and amortized over the remaining estimated economic useful life of the related
−Removed: patent portfolio.
+Added: Intangible assets consist of patents which are amortized
+Added: using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives or statutory lives, whichever is shorter, and are reviewed for impairment
+Added: upon any triggering event that may impact the assets’ ultimate recoverability as prescribed under the guidance related to impairment of
+Added: long-lived assets.
+Added: Costs incurred to acquire patents, including legal costs, are also capitalized as long-lived assets and amortized on
+Added: a straight-line basis with the associated patent.
+Added: Patents include the cost of patents or patent rights
+Added: (collectively “patents”) acquired from third-parties or acquired in connection with business combinations.
+Added: Patent acquisition
+Added: costs are allocated equally across the patents in force at the time of acquisition.
+Added: Patent acquisition costs are amortized utilizing the
+Added: straight-line method over their remaining economic useful lives, ranging from one to ten years .
+Added: Certain patent application and prosecution
+Added: costs incurred to secure additional patent claims that, based on management’s estimates, are deemed to be recoverable, are capitalized
+Added: and amortized over the remaining estimated economic useful life of the related patent portfolio.
+Added: Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
+Added: Long-lived assets, including intangible assets with
+Added: a finite life, are reviewed for impairment in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360, “Property,
+Added: Plant, and Equipment” whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable
+Added: through the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the assets.
+Added: Whenever any such
+Added: impairment exists, an impairment loss will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value.
+Added: that management decides to no longer allocate resources to a patent portfolio, an impairment loss equal to the remaining carrying value
+Added: of the asset is recorded.
+Added: There were no impairments of long-lived assets for
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.
Warrant Liability
−Removed: The Company reflects a warrant liability with
−Removed: respect to warrants for which the number of shares underlying the warrants is not fixed until the date of the initial exercise.
−Removed: of the liability is determined at the end of each fiscal period and the period-to-period change in the amount of warrant liability is
−Removed: reflected as a gain or loss in warrant liability and is included under other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements
+Added: The Company records a warrant liability with respect
+Added: to warrants for which the number of shares underlying the warrants is not fixed until the date of the initial exercise.
+Added: The amount of
+Added: the liability is determined at the end of each fiscal period and the period-to-period change in the amount of warrant liability is reflected
+Added: as a change in fair market value of warrant liability and is included under other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements
of operations.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
−Removed: Fair value is defined as the exchange price that
−Removed: would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset
−Removed: or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
+Added: Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would
+Added: be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or
+Added: liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
A fair value hierarchy is used which requires
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by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
−Removed: Level 3 – Unobservable
−Removed: inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are financial instruments whose values are determined using pricing
−Removed: models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires
−Removed: significant judgment or estimation.
−Removed: The carrying value reflected in the consolidated
−Removed: balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses and short-term borrowings approximate
+Added: Level 3 – Unobservable inputs
+Added: that are supported by little or no market activity and that are financial instruments whose values are determined using pricing models,
+Added: discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant
+Added: judgment or estimation.
+Added: The carrying value reflected in the consolidated balance
+Added: sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses and short-term borrowings approximate
fair value due to the short-term nature of these items.
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respective agreements) generated as a result of licensing and otherwise enforcing the respective patents or patent portfolios.
−Removed: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may
−Removed: retain the services of law firms that specialize in patent licensing and enforcement and patent law in connection with their licensing
−Removed: and enforcement activities.
−Removed: These law firms may be retained on a contingent fee basis whereby such law firms are paid a percentage of
−Removed: any negotiated fees, settlements or judgments awarded.
−Removed: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may
−Removed: engage with funding sources that provide financing for patent licensing and enforcement.
−Removed: These litigation finance firms may be engaged
−Removed: on a non-recourse basis whereby such litigation finance firms are paid a percentage of any negotiated fees, settlements or judgments awarded
−Removed: in exchange for providing funding for legal fees and out of pocket expenses incurred as a result of the licensing and enforcement activities.
−Removed: The economic terms of the inventor agreements,
−Removed: operating agreements, contingent legal fee arrangements and litigation financing agreements associated with the patent portfolios owned
−Removed: or controlled by the Company’s operating subsidiaries, if any, including royalty rates, contingent fee rates and other terms, vary
−Removed: across the patent portfolios owned or controlled by such operating subsidiaries and are included in cost of revenues as litigation and
−Removed: licensing expenses.
−Removed: Inventor/former owner royalties, payments to non-controlling interests, contingent legal fees expenses and litigation
−Removed: finance expenses fluctuate period to period, based on the amount of revenues recognized each period, the terms and conditions of revenue
−Removed: agreements executed each period and the mix of specific patent portfolios with varying economic terms and obligations generating revenues
−Removed: Inventor/former owner royalties, contingent legal fees expenses and litigation finance expenses will continue to fluctuate
−Removed: and may continue to vary significantly period to period, based primarily on these factors.
+Added: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may retain
+Added: the services of law firms that specialize in patent licensing and enforcement and patent law in connection with their licensing and enforcement
+Added: These law firms may be retained on a contingent fee basis whereby such law firms are paid a percentage of any negotiated fees,
+Added: settlements or judgments awarded.
+Added: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may engage
+Added: with funding sources that provide financing for patent licensing and enforcement.
+Added: These litigation finance firms may be engaged on a non-recourse
+Added: basis whereby such litigation finance firms are paid a percentage of any negotiated fees, settlements or judgments awarded in exchange
+Added: for providing funding for legal fees and out of pocket expenses incurred as a result of the licensing and enforcement activities.
+Added: The economic terms of the inventor agreements, operating
+Added: agreements, contingent legal fee arrangements and litigation financing agreements associated with the patent portfolios owned or controlled
+Added: by the Company’s operating subsidiaries, if any, including royalty rates, contingent fee rates and other terms, vary across the
+Added: patent portfolios owned or controlled by such operating subsidiaries and are included in cost of revenues as litigation and licensing
+Added: Inventor/former owner royalties, payments to non-controlling interests, contingent legal fees expenses and litigation finance
+Added: expenses fluctuate period to period, based on the amount of revenues recognized each period, the terms and conditions of revenue agreements
+Added: executed each period and the mix of specific patent portfolios with varying economic terms and obligations generating revenues each period.
+Added: Inventor/former owner royalties, contingent legal fees expenses and litigation finance expenses will continue to fluctuate and may continue
+Added: to vary significantly period to period, based primarily on these factors.
Revenue Recognition
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is not separately identifiable from other promises to transfer intellectual property rights in the contract.
−Removed: Since the promised intellectual property rights
−Removed: are not individually distinct, the Company combined each individual IP right in the contract into a bundle of IP rights that is distinct,
+Added: Since the promised intellectual property rights are
+Added: not individually distinct, the Company combined each individual IP right in the contract into a bundle of IP rights that is distinct
and accounted for all of the intellectual property rights promised in the contract as a single performance obligation.
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component or consideration payable to the customer in these transactions.
+Added: The Company’s revenue for the three months ended March
+Added: 31, 2024 was generated from licenses pursuant to the settlement of patent infringement lawsuits in the TLL portfolio.
+Added: Revenue for the
+Added: three months ending March 31, 2023 was generated from licenses pursuant to the settlement of patent infringement lawsuits in the Tyche
+Added: and STX portfolios.
Cost of Revenues
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or support, as these are included in general and administrative expenses.
−Removed: Inventor Royalties, Litigation Funding Fees and Contingent Legal
−Removed: In connection with the investment in certain patents
−Removed: and patent rights, certain of the Company’s operating subsidiaries may execute agreements which grant to the inventors and/or former
−Removed: owners of the respective patents or patent rights, the right to receive a percentage of future net revenues (as defined in the respective
−Removed: agreements) generated as a result of licensing and otherwise enforcing the respective patents or patent portfolios.
−Removed: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may
−Removed: retain the services of law firms that specialize in patent licensing and enforcement and patent law in connection with their licensing
−Removed: and enforcement activities.
−Removed: These law firms may be retained on a contingent fee basis whereby such law firms are paid a percentage of
−Removed: any negotiated fees, settlements or judgments awarded.
−Removed: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may
−Removed: engage with funding sources that specialize in providing financing for patent licensing and enforcement.
−Removed: These litigation finance firms
−Removed: may be engaged on a non-recourse basis whereby such litigation finance firms are paid a percentage of any negotiated fees, settlements
−Removed: or judgments awarded in exchange for providing funding for legal fees and out of pocket expenses incurred as a result of the licensing
−Removed: and enforcement activities.
−Removed: The economic terms of the inventor agreements,
−Removed: operating agreements, contingent legal fee arrangements and litigation financing agreements associated with the patent portfolios owned
−Removed: or controlled by the Company’s operating subsidiaries, if any, including royalty rates, contingent fee rates and other terms, vary
−Removed: across the patent portfolios owned or controlled by such operating subsidiaries.
−Removed: Inventor/former owner royalties, payments to non-controlling
−Removed: interests, contingent legal fees expenses and litigation finance expenses fluctuate period to period, based on the amount of revenues
−Removed: recognized each period, the terms and conditions of revenue agreements executed each period and the mix of specific patent portfolios
−Removed: with varying economic terms and obligations generating revenues each period.
−Removed: Inventor/former owner royalties, contingent legal fees expenses
−Removed: and litigation finance expenses will continue to fluctuate and may continue to vary significantly period to period, based primarily on
−Removed: these factors.
−Removed: The Company did not incur any foreign income tax
−Removed: expense for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: The Company incurred foreign income tax expense of $ 30,000 and $ 12,884
−Removed: for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company received
+Added: a reimbursement for costs expensed in prior periods in the amount of approximately $ 334,000 , resulting in a reduction of litigation and
+Added: licensing expenses.
+Added: Inventor Royalties, Litigation Funding Fees and
+Added: Contingent Legal Expenses.
+Added: In connection with the investment in or acquisition
+Added: of certain patents and patent rights, certain of the Company’s operating subsidiaries may grant the inventors and/or former owners
+Added: of the respective patents or patent rights the right to receive a percentage of future net revenues (as defined in the respective agreements)
+Added: generated as a result of licensing and otherwise enforcing the respective patents or patent portfolios.
+Added: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may retain
+Added: the services of law firms that specialize in patent licensing and enforcement and patent law in connection with their licensing and enforcement
+Added: These law firms may be retained on a contingent fee basis whereby such law firms are paid a percentage of any negotiated fees,
+Added: settlements or judgments awarded.
+Added: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may engage
+Added: with funding sources that specialize in providing financing for patent licensing and enforcement.
+Added: These litigation finance firms may be
+Added: engaged on a non-recourse basis whereby such litigation finance firms are paid a percentage of any negotiated fees, settlements or judgments
+Added: awarded in exchange for providing funding for legal fees and out of pocket expenses incurred as a result of the licensing and enforcement
+Added: The economic terms of the inventor agreements, operating
+Added: agreements, contingent legal fee arrangements and litigation financing agreements associated with the patent portfolios owned or controlled
+Added: by the Company’s operating subsidiaries, if any, including royalty rates, contingent fee rates and other terms, vary across the
+Added: patent portfolios owned or controlled by such operating subsidiaries.
+Added: Inventor/former owner royalties, payments to non-controlling interests,
+Added: contingent legal fees expenses and litigation finance expenses fluctuate period to period, based on the amount of revenues recognized
+Added: each period, the terms and conditions of revenue agreements executed each period and the mix of specific patent portfolios with varying
+Added: economic terms and obligations generating revenues each period.
+Added: Inventor/former owner royalties, contingent legal fees expenses and litigation
+Added: finance expenses will continue to fluctuate and may continue to vary significantly period to period, based primarily on these factors.
+Added: The Company did not incur any foreign income tax expense
+Added: for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: The Company incurred $ 30,000 of foreign income tax expense for the three months ended March
Stock-Based Compensation
−Removed: The Company recognizes stock-based compensation
−Removed: pursuant to ASC 718, “Compensation — Stock Compensation,” which prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all
−Removed: stock-based payment transactions in which employee and non-employee services, are acquired.
−Removed: Transactions include incurring liabilities,
−Removed: or issuing or offering to issue shares, options and other equity instruments such as employee stock ownership plans and stock appreciation
−Removed: Stock-based payments to employees and non-employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized as compensation
−Removed: expense in the financial statements based on their fair values.
−Removed: That expense is recognized over the period during which an employee or
−Removed: non-employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period).
+Added: The Company recognizes stock-based compensation for
+Added: employees and non-employees pursuant to ASC 718, “Compensation — Stock Compensation,” which prescribes accounting and
+Added: reporting standards for all stock-based payment transactions.
+Added: Transactions include incurring liabilities, or issuing or offering to issue
+Added: shares, options and other equity instruments.
+Added: Stock-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized
+Added: as compensation expense in the financial statements based on their fair values estimated using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.
+Added: expense is recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the
+Added: requisite service period (usually the vesting period).
Concentration of Credit Risk
−Removed: The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit
−Removed: accounts, which at times, may exceed federally insured limits.
+Added: The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts,
+Added: which at times, may exceed federally insured limits.
The Company has not experienced any such losses in these accounts.
−Removed: Net Loss Per Share
−Removed: The Company calculates net loss per share by dividing
−Removed: losses allocated to the Company’s stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.
−Removed: Diluted weighted average shares is computed using basic weighted average shares plus any potentially dilutive securities outstanding during
−Removed: the period using the treasury-stock-type method and the if-converted method, except when their effect is anti-dilutive.
−Removed: Potentially dilutive
−Removed: securities are out of the money and therefore excluded from the computation of dilutive earnings per share for the three months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2022.
−Removed: Because the Company incurred losses for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023 and 2022, the inclusion of diluted weighted average shares would be anti-dilutive, and therefore, the diluted net loss per share
−Removed: is the same as the basic net loss per share.
−Removed: The Company’s potentially dilutive securities include 962,463 potential shares of common
−Removed: stock issuable upon exercise of warrants granted to QPRC Finance LLC (“QFL”) in connection with the Purchase Agreement, 500,000
−Removed: shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options granted to Intelligent Partners in connection with the Restructure Agreement
−Removed: and 600,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options granted to officers and consultants.
+Added: Net Income (Loss) Per Share
+Added: The Company calculates net income (loss) per
+Added: share by dividing income or losses allocated to the Company’s stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common
+Added: stock outstanding for the period.
+Added: Diluted weighted average shares is computed using basic weighted average shares plus any
+Added: potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period using the treasury-stock-type method and the if-converted method,
+Added: except when their effect is anti-dilutive.
+Added: Because the Company incurred losses for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023,
+Added: potentially dilutive securities would be anti-dilutive, and therefore, the diluted net loss per share is the same as the basic net
+Added: loss per share.
+Added: The Company’s potentially dilutive securities include 962,463 potential shares of common stock issuable upon
+Added: exercise of warrants granted to QPRC Finance LLC (“QFL”) in connection with the Purchase Agreement, described in Note 4,
+Added: 500,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options granted to Intelligent Partners in connection with the
+Added: Restructure Agreement described in Note 4 and 600,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options granted to
+Added: officers and consultants.
See Notes 4, 5 and 6.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: Management does not believe that there are any
−Removed: recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards which, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s
−Removed: financial statements.
+Added: Management does not believe that there are any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards which, if currently adopted, would
+Added: have a material effect on our financial statements.
Going Concern
The Company has an accumulated deficit of approximately $ 24,342,000
−Removed: $ 29,132,000 and negative working capital of approximately $ 15,133,000 as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: Because of the Company’s continuing
−Removed: losses, its working capital deficiency, the uncertainty of future revenue, the Company’s obligations to Intelligent Partners, and
−Removed: QFL, the Company’s low stock price and the absence of an active trading market in its common stock, the ability of the Company to
−Removed: raise funds in the equity market or from lenders is severely impaired.
−Removed: These conditions, as well as any adverse consequences which would
−Removed: result from the Company’s failure to meet the continued listing requirements of the OTCQB (see Note 8), raise substantial doubt as to
−Removed: the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these unaudited condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements are issued.
−Removed: The Company’s revenue is generated exclusively from license fees generated from litigation seeking
−Removed: damages for infringement of the Company’s intellectual property rights.
−Removed: Although the Company may seek to raise funds and to obtain
−Removed: third-party funding for litigation to enforce its intellectual property rights, the availability of such funds is uncertain.
−Removed: The financial
−Removed: statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: SHORT-TERM DEBT AND LONG-TERM
+Added: and negative working capital of approximately $ 9,965,000 as of March 31, 2024.
+Added: Although the Company generated income in 2023, it
+Added: incurred a loss for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and it has a history of losses and can give no assurance that it will generate
+Added: income in the future.
+Added: Because of the Company’s history of losses, its working capital deficiency, the uncertainty of future revenue, its
+Added: obligations to Intelligent Partners, QF3, and QFL, the low stock price of the Company’s common stock and the absence of an active trading
+Added: market in its common stock and the its failure to have effective internal controls over financial reporting, as reflected in the restatement
+Added: of its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company’s ability to raise funds in the equity market or from lenders
+Added: is severely impaired.
+Added: These conditions, as well as any adverse consequences which would result from the Company’s failure to meet the
+Added: continued listing requirements of the OTCQB (see Note 9), raise substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company’s revenue is generated exclusively from license fees generated from litigation seeking damages for infringement of its intellectual
+Added: property rights.
+Added: Although the Company may seek to raise funds and to obtain third-party funding for litigation to enforce its intellectual
+Added: property rights, the availability of such funds is uncertain.
+Added: The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result
+Added: from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: INTANGIBLE ASSETS
+Added: Intangible assets include patents purchased and are
+Added: recorded at their acquisition cost.
+Added: Intangible assets consisted of the following:
+Added: accumulated amortization
+Added: ( 2,579,264 )
+Added: ( 2,412,397 )
+Added: Net value of intangible assets
+Added: Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)
+Added: Intangible assets are comprised of patents with estimated
+Added: useful lives.
+Added: The intangible assets at March 31, 2024 represent:
+Added: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in January 2018 pursuant to an
+Added: agreement with Intellectual Ventures Assets 62 LLC and Intellectual Ventures Assets 71 LLC “(IV 62/71”), pursuant to which
+Added: CXT has an obligation to distribute 50 % of net revenues to IV 62/71;
+Added: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in January 2018 by Photonic Imaging
+Added: Solutions Inc.
+Added: (“PIS”) from Intellectual Ventures Assets 64 LLC (“IV 64”) pursuant to which PIS is to pay IV 64
+Added: (a) 70 % of the first $ 1,500,000 of net revenue, (b) 30 % of the next $ 1,500,000 of net revenue and (c) 50 % of net revenue in excess of
+Added: $ 3,000,000 ;
+Added: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in May 2020 for a purchase price
+Added: of $ 95,000 pursuant to an agreement with Texas Technology Ventures 2, LLP (“TTV”), pursuant to which of the Company retains
+Added: the first $ 230,000 of net proceeds, as defined in the agreement, after which the company has an obligation to distribute 50 % of net proceeds
+Added: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in February 2021 pursuant to
+Added: an agreement with PKT for a purchase price of $ 350,000 , pursuant to which $ 350,000 was paid at closing, and upon the realization of gross
+Added: proceeds, as defined in the agreement, the Company shall make a subsequent or payments in the aggregate amount of $ 93,900 , representing
+Added: reimbursement to PKT, as the prosecuting attorney, for legal fees associated with prosecution of the portfolio, such reimbursement shall
+Added: be due and payable to PKT from time to time as gross proceeds are realized, if any, and paid to PKT along with and in proportion to reimbursement
+Added: to other third parties of costs incurred in realizing gross proceeds.
+Added: Thereafter, PKT is entitled to a percentage of gross proceeds realized,
+Added: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in May 2021 for a purchase price
+Added: of $ 250,000 .
+Added: ● patents acquired in October 2021 from AI for a purchase price of $ 550,000 pursuant to which the Company
+Added: retains an amount equal to the purchase price plus any fees incurred out of net proceeds, as defined in the agreement, after which AI
+Added: is entitled to a percentage of further net proceeds realized, if any;
+Added: the useful lives of the patents, at the date of acquisition, was
+Added: approximately 11 years.
+Added: ● patents acquired in January 2022 for a purchase price of $ 1,060,000 , the useful lives of the patents,
+Added: at the date of purchase, was approximately 1 - 2 years.
+Added: ● patents acquired in July 2022 via assignment from AI for a purchase price of $ 92,000 , the useful lives
+Added: of the patents, at the date of purchase, was approximately 2 - 4 years.
+Added: ● patents acquired July 2022 pursuant to an agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP and
+Added: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company for a purchase price of $ 350,000 .
+Added: The useful lives of the patents, at the date of purchase, was approximately
+Added: ● patents acquired March 2023 from Tower for a purchase price of $ 3,300,000 pursuant to which the Company
+Added: retains an amount equal to the purchase price plus a negotiated return and any fees out of net proceeds, as defined in the agreement,
+Added: after which Tower in entitled to a percentage of further net proceeds realized, if any.
+Added: The useful lives of the patents, at the date of
+Added: purchase, was approximately 5 - 15 years.
+Added: ● patents acquired in August 2023 pursuant to an agreement with Koji Yoden for a purchase price of $ 30,000 .
+Added: The useful lives of the patents, at the date of purchase, was approximately 9 - 10 years.
+Added: The Company amortizes the costs of intangible assets
+Added: over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis.
+Added: Costs incurred to acquire patents, including legal costs, are also capitalized
+Added: as long-lived assets and amortized on a straight-line basis with the associated patent.
+Added: The Company assesses intangible assets for any impairment
+Added: to the carrying values.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, management concluded that there was no impairment to the intangible assets.
+Added: Amortization expense for patents was approximately
+Added: $ 167,000 and $ 159,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: Amortization expense is included in selling, general
+Added: and administration expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations.
+Added: Future amortization of intangible assets
+Added: is as follows:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Remainder of 2024
+Added: SHORT-TERM DEBT AND LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Short-Term Debt
Loans Payable
−Removed: The loans payable represents demand loans made
−Removed: by former officers and directors, who are third parties and stockholders, whose holdings were insignificant at September 30, 2023 and
−Removed: December 31, 2022, in the amount of $ 138,000 .
+Added: The loans payable represents demand loans made by
+Added: former officers and directors, who are third parties and stockholders, whose holdings were insignificant, at March 31, 2024 and December 31,
+Added: 2023, in the amount of $ 138,000 .
The loans are payable on demand plus accrued interest at 10 % per annum.
−Removed: Accrued interest
−Removed: on these loans at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was approximately $ 306,000 and $ 296,000 , respectively.
+Added: Accrued interest at March 31,
+Added: 2024 and December 31, 2023 was approximately $ 313,000 and $ 310,000 , respectively.
Funding Liabilities
−Removed: The following table shows the Company’s
−Removed: funding liabilities to QFL and QF3 at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: The following table shows the Company’s funding
+Added: liabilities to QFL and QF3 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
Funding liability – QFL
Funding liability – QF3
−Removed: Net funding liabilities
+Added: Funding liabilities
Funding Liabilities - QFL
−Removed: The QFL funding liabilities at September 30, 2023
−Removed: and December 31, 2022 of $ 5,520,588 and $ 5,453,204 , respectively, represents the principal amount of the Company’s obligations to
−Removed: QFL pursuant to a purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) dated February 22, 2021 between the Company and QFL, as described
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, the Company had made total repayments in the amount of approximately $ 882,000 since February 22,
−Removed: Approximately $ 133,000 was repaid during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: The obligation to QFL has no repayment term since
−Removed: payment is due solely from a portion of net proceeds generated from the monetization of the Company’s intellectual property and has been
−Removed: classified as a current liability as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Accrued interest related to this funding liability as
−Removed: of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, was approximately $ 961,000 and $ 600,000 , respectively.
−Removed: On February 22, 2021, the Company entered into
−Removed: a series of agreements, all dated February 19, 2021, with QFL, a non-affiliated party, including the Purchase Agreement, a security agreement
−Removed: (the “Security Agreement”), a subsidiary security agreement (the “Subsidiary Security Agreement”), a subsidiary
−Removed: guaranty (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), a warrant issue agreement (the “Warrant Issue Agreement”), a registration
−Removed: rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) and a board observation rights agreement (the “Board Observation
−Removed: Rights Agreement” together with the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Subsidiary Security Agreement, Warrant Issuance
−Removed: Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, the “QFL Investment Documents”) pursuant to which, at
−Removed: the closing on February 22, 2021 held contemporaneously with the execution of the agreements:
−Removed: (i) Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
−Removed: QFL agreed to make available to the Company a financing facility of:
−Removed: (a) up to $ 25,000,000 for the acquisition of mutually agreed patent
−Removed: rights that the Company intends to monetize, of which $ 2,653,000 has been advanced as of September 30, 2023;
−Removed: (b) up to $ 2,000,000
−Removed: for operating expenses, of which the Company has requested and received $ 2,000,000 as of September 30, 2023;
−Removed: and (iii) $ 1,750,000
−Removed: to fund the cash payment portion of the restructure of the Company’s obligations to Intelligent Partners.
−Removed: In return the Company
−Removed: transferred to QFL a right to receive a portion of net proceeds generated from the monetization of those patents.
−Removed: (ii) The Company used $ 1,750,000 of
−Removed: proceeds from the QFL financing as the cash payment portion of the restructure of the Company’s obligations to Intelligent Partners
−Removed: pursuant to the Restructure Agreement executed contemporaneously with the closing of the Investment Documents.
−Removed: The payment was made directly
−Removed: from QFL to Intelligent Partners.
−Removed: (iii) Pursuant to the Security Agreement,
−Removed: the Company’s obligations under the Purchase Agreement with QFL are secured by:
−Removed: (a) the proceeds (as defined in the Purchase Agreement);
−Removed: (b) the patents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement;
−Removed: (c) all general intangibles now or hereafter arising from or related to the foregoing
−Removed: and (d) proceeds (including, without limitation, cash proceeds and insurance proceeds) and products of the foregoing (a)-(c).
−Removed: (iv) Pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty,
−Removed: eight of the Company’s subsidiaries – QLC, NetTech, Mariner, Semcon, IC, CXT, M-Red, and AMI, collectively, the “Subsidiary
−Removed: Guarantors”) guaranteed the Company’s obligations to QFL under the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: (v) Pursuant to the Subsidiary Security
−Removed: Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantors granted QFL a security interest in the proceeds from the future monetization of their respective
−Removed: patent portfolios.
−Removed: (vi) Pursuant to the Warrant Issue Agreement,
−Removed: the Company granted QFL ten-year warrants to purchase a total of up to 962,463 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise
−Removed: price of $ 0.54 per share which may be exercised from the grant date through February 18, 2031 on a cash or cashless basis.
−Removed: Exercisability
−Removed: of the warrant is limited if, upon exercise, the holder or any of holder’s affiliates would beneficially own more than 4.99 % (the
−Removed: “Maximum Percentage”) of the Company’s common stock, except that by written notice to the Company, the holder may change
−Removed: 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
−Removed: day following notice to the Company.
−Removed: The warrant also contains certain minimum ownership percentage antidilution rights pursuant to which
−Removed: the aggregate number of shares of common stock purchasable upon the initial exercise of the warrant shall not be less than 10 % of the
−Removed: aggregate number of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (determined on a fully diluted basis).
−Removed: Because the facility with
−Removed: QFL has no term the fair value of the warrants was expensed at the grant date.
−Removed: A portion of any gain from sale of the shares, net of taxes
−Removed: and costs of exercise, realized prior to the completion of all monetization activities shall be credited against the total return due
−Removed: to QFL pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: See Notes 4 and 5 for information on the warrant issue and associated liability.
−Removed: (vii) The Company regained compliance
−Removed: with the OTCQB Eligibility Requirements on May 7, 2021, at which time the common stock recommenced trading on the OTCQB.
−Removed: (viii) The Company granted QFL certain
−Removed: registration rights with respect to the 962,463 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant.
−Removed: See Note 5 for information
−Removed: on the warrant issue.
−Removed: (ix) Pursuant to the Board Observation
−Removed: Rights Agreement, until the later of the date on which QFL or its affiliates (i) have received the entirety of their Investment Return
−Removed: (as defined in Purchase Agreement), and (ii) no longer hold any Securities (the “Observation Period”), the Company granted
−Removed: QFL the right, exercisable at any time during the Observation Period, to appoint a representative to attend meetings (including, without
−Removed: limitation, telephonic or other electronic meetings) of the Board or any committee thereof, including executive sessions, in an observer
−Removed: On January 27, 2022, the Company acquired, via
−Removed: assignment from Intellectual Ventures Assets 181 LLC and Intellectual Ventures Assets 174 LLC, all right title and interest to fifteen
−Removed: United States patents and three foreign patents for a purchase price of $ 1,060,000 .
−Removed: The Company requested and received a capital advance
−Removed: in the amount of the $ 1,060,000 purchase price from QFL.
−Removed: Two of the patents were assigned to Tyche and the balance of the patents were
−Removed: assigned to DIP.
−Removed: In June 2022, MML and AI agreed to amend the Purchase
−Removed: Agreement to add two additional patent families for an additional $ 92,000 .
−Removed: The Company requested and received a capital advance from QFL
−Removed: in the amount of $ 92,000 , which was used to make payment to AI in August 2022 pursuant to the amendment to the Purchase Agreement.
−Removed: In July 2022, EDI acquired, via assignment from
−Removed: Ioli Trust, all right title and interest to a portfolio of five United States patents relating to a system and method for controlling
−Removed: vehicles and for providing assistance to operated vehicles (“EDI Portfolio”) for a purchase price consisting of 50 % of the
−Removed: net proceeds resulting from monetization of the EDI Portfolio.
−Removed: In July 2022, the Company entered into a purchase
−Removed: agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company for the purchase of eight United States
−Removed: Patents for a purchase price of $ 350,000 .
−Removed: The Company paid $ 35,000 upon execution of the agreement with the balance payable within 30
−Removed: The Company requested and received a capital advance from QFL in the amount of $ 350,000 , which was used to make payment of the balance
−Removed: in August 2022 pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement.
−Removed: The Company requested and received an
−Removed: operating capital advance in the amount of $ 0 and $ 200,000 from QFL pursuant to the Purchase Agreement during the three and nine
−Removed: months ended September 30, 2023.
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company requested and received
−Removed: operating capital advances in the amount of $ 200,000 and $ 600,000 , respectively.
+Added: The QFL funding liabilities at March 31, 2024
+Added: and December 31, 2023 of $ 1,526,770 and $ 1,525,502 , respectively, represent the principal amount of the Company’s obligations
+Added: to QFL pursuant to a purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) dated February 22, 2021 between the Company and QFL, as described
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, the Company had made total repayments in the amount of approximately $ 4,877,000 since February 22, 2021.
+Added: No repayments were made during the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: The obligation to QFL has no repayment term since payment is due
+Added: solely from a portion of net proceeds generated from the monetization of the Company’s intellectual property and has been classified as
+Added: a current liability as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
+Added: Accrued interest related to this funding liability as of March 31,
+Added: 2024 and December 31, 2023 was approximately $ 492,000 and $ 478,000 , respectively.
+Added: The Company did not request an operating capital advance
+Added: during the three months ended March 31, 2024.
+Added: The Company requested and received an operating capital advance in the amount of $ 200,000
+Added: from QFL pursuant to the Purchase Agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
Funding Liabilities - QF3
−Removed: The QF3 funding liabilities at September 30,
−Removed: 2023 of $ 5,300,000 represents the principal amount of the Company’s obligations to QF3 pursuant to a purchase agreement (“QF3
−Removed: Purchase Agreement”) dated March 12, 2023 between the Company and QF3, as described below.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, the Company
−Removed: has made no repayments on this funding liability.
−Removed: The obligation to QF3 has no repayment term since the payment is due from net proceeds
−Removed: generated from the monetization of the Company’s intellectual property and has been classified as a current liability as of September 30,
−Removed: Accrued interest related to this funding liability as of September 30, 2023, was approximately $ 190,000 .
−Removed: On March 12, 2023, the Company and HID, entered
−Removed: into a series of agreements, all dated March 12, 2023, with QF3, a non-affiliated party, including a prepaid forward purchase agreement
−Removed: (the “Purchase Agreement QF3”), a security agreement (the “QF3 Security Agreement”), a patent security agreement
−Removed: (the “QF3 Patent Security Agreement” together with the QF3 Security Agreement, the QF3 Patent Security Agreement, and the
−Removed: QF3 Purchase Agreement, the “QF3 Investment Documents”) pursuant to which, at the closing held contemporaneously with the
−Removed: execution of the agreements on March 12, 2023:
−Removed: (i) Pursuant to the QF3 Purchase Agreement,
−Removed: QF3 agreed to make available to the Company a financing facility of:
−Removed: (a) up to $ 4,000,000 for operating expenses, of which the Company
−Removed: has requested and received $ 2,000,000 as of September 30, 2023;
−Removed: (b) $ 3,300,000 to fund the cash payment portion of the purchase of
−Removed: a patent portfolio from Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
−Removed: and (c) up to an additional $ 25,000,000 for the acquisition of mutually
−Removed: agreed patent rights that the Company intends to monetize, of which no amounts have been requested or received as of September 30,
−Removed: In return, the Company transferred to QF3 a right to receive a portion of net proceeds generated from the monetization of those
−Removed: (ii) On March 17, 2023, the Company
−Removed: used $ 3,300,000 of proceeds from the QF3 financing as the cash payment portion of the purchase of a ten-patent portfolio from Tower (the
+Added: The QF3 funding liabilities at March 31, 2024
+Added: and December 31, 2023 of $ 6,634,381 and $ 5,800,000 , respectively, represent the principal amount of the Company’s obligations
+Added: to QF3 pursuant to a purchase agreement (“QF3 Purchase Agreement”) dated March 12, 2023 between the Company and QF3, as described
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, the Company has made no repayments on this funding liability.
+Added: The obligation to QF3 has no repayment
+Added: term since the payment is due from net proceeds generated from the monetization of the Company’s intellectual property and has been classified
+Added: as a current liability as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
+Added: Accrued interest related to this funding liability as of
+Added: March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was approximately $ 418,000 and $ 299,000 , respectively.
+Added: On March 12, 2023, the Company and HID, entered into
+Added: a series of agreements, all dated March 12, 2023, with QF3, a non-affiliated party, including a prepaid forward purchase agreement (the
+Added: “Purchase Agreement QF3”), a security agreement (the “QF3 Security Agreement”), a patent security agreement (the
+Added: “QF3 Patent Security Agreement” together with the QF3 Security Agreement, the QF3 Patent Security Agreement, and the QF3 Purchase
+Added: Agreement, the “QF3 Investment Documents”) pursuant to which, at the closing held contemporaneously with the execution of
+Added: the agreements on March 12, 2023:
+Added: (i) Pursuant to the QF3 Purchase Agreement, QF3 agreed to make available
+Added: to the Company a financing facility of:
+Added: (a) up to $ 4,000,000 for operating expenses, of which the Company has requested and received $ 3,334,381
+Added: as of March 31, 2024, of which approximately $ 834,000 was received during the three months ended March 31, 2024;
+Added: (b) $ 3,300,000 to
+Added: fund the cash payment portion of the purchase of a patent portfolio from Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
+Added: and (c) up to an
+Added: additional $ 25,000,000 for the acquisition of mutually agreed patent rights that the Company intends to monetize, of which no amounts
+Added: have been requested or received as of March 31, 2024.
+Added: In return, the Company transferred to QF3 a right to receive a portion of net
+Added: proceeds generated from the monetization of those patents.
+Added: (ii) On March 17, 2023, the Company used
+Added: $ 3,300,000 of proceeds from the QF3 financing as the cash payment portion of the purchase of a seven-patent portfolio from Tower (the
“HID Portfolio”).
(iii) Pursuant to the QF3 Security Agreement
−Removed: and QF3 Patent Security Agreement, payment of our obligations under the QF3 Purchase Agreement with QF3 are secured by (a) the value of
−Removed: anything received from the monetization of the intellectual property rights covered by the Security Agreement;
−Removed: (b) the patents (as defined
−Removed: in the Security Agreement);
−Removed: (c) all general intangibles now or hereafter arising from or related to the foregoing (a) and (b);
−Removed: proceeds (including, without limitation, cash proceeds and insurance proceeds) and products of the foregoing (a)-(c).
−Removed: In connection with the agreements with QF3, the
−Removed: Company, HID and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into an intercreditor agreement with QF3 and Intelligent Partners which sets forth
−Removed: the priority of QF3 in the collateral under the Investment Documents.
+Added: and QF3 Patent Security Agreement, payment of the Company’s obligations under the QF3 Purchase Agreement with QF3 are secured by (a) the
+Added: value of anything received from the monetization of the intellectual property rights covered by the Security Agreement;
+Added: (b) the patents
+Added: (as defined in the Security Agreement);
+Added: (c) all general intangibles now or hereafter arising from or related to the foregoing (a) and
+Added: and (d) proceeds (including, without limitation, cash proceeds and insurance proceeds) and products of the foregoing (a)-(c).
+Added: In connection with the agreements with QF3, the Company,
+Added: HID and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into an intercreditor agreement with QF3 and Intelligent Partners which sets forth the priority
+Added: of QF3 in the collateral under the Investment Documents.
Loan Payable Related Party
−Removed: The loan payable – related party at September
+Added: The loan payable – related party at March 31,
2024 and December 31, 2023 represents the current amount of a non-interest bearing total monetization proceeds obligation (the “TMPO”)
−Removed: due to Intelligent Partners, LLC (“Intelligent Partners”) of $ 2,796,500 and $ 2,796,500 , respectively, pursuant to a restructure
−Removed: agreement (“Restructure Agreement”) dated February 22, 2021 whereby the Company and Intelligent Partners, extinguished the
−Removed: Company’s 10 % Note to Intelligent Partners as transferee of the notes issued to United Wireless Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: (“United Wireless”),
−Removed: in the amount of $ 4,672,810 pursuant to securities purchase agreement dated October 22, 2015 between the Company and United Wireless.
−Removed: The notes became due by their terms on September 30, 2020, and the Company did not make any payment on account of principal of and interest
−Removed: on the notes.
−Removed: Subsequent to September 30, 2020, the Company engaged in negotiations with Intelligent Partners in parallel with the Company’s
−Removed: negotiations with QFL, with a view to restructuring the Company’s obligations under the United Wireless agreements, including the
−Removed: notes, so that the Company no longer had any obligations under the notes or the SPA.
−Removed: These negotiations resulted in the Restructure Agreement,
−Removed: described below, which provided for the payment to Intelligent Partners of $ 1,750,000 from the proceeds from the Company’s agreements
−Removed: As part of the restructure of the Company’s agreements with Intelligent Partners, the Company amended the existing MPAs
−Removed: and granted Intelligent Partners certain rights in the monetization proceeds from any new intellectual property the Company acquires,
−Removed: as described below.
−Removed: Under these MPAs, Intelligent Partners participates in the monetization proceeds the Company receives with respect
−Removed: to new patents after QFL has received its negotiated rate of return.
+Added: due to Intelligent Partners, LLC (“Intelligent Partners”) of $ 2,796,500 , pursuant to a restructure agreement (“Restructure
+Added: Agreement”) dated February 22, 2021 whereby the Company and Intelligent Partners, extinguished the Company’s 10 % Note to Intelligent
+Added: Partners as transferee of the notes issued to United Wireless Holdings, Inc.
+Added: (“United Wireless”), in the amount of $ 4,672,810
+Added: pursuant to securities purchase agreement dated October 22, 2015 between the Company and United Wireless.
+Added: The notes became due by their
+Added: terms on September 30, 2020, and the Company did not make any payment on account of principal of and interest on the notes.
+Added: to September 30, 2020, the Company engaged in negotiations with Intelligent Partners in parallel with the Company’s negotiations
+Added: with QFL, with a view to restructuring the Company’s obligations under the United Wireless agreements, including the notes, so that
+Added: the Company no longer had any obligations under the notes or the SPA.
+Added: These negotiations resulted in the Restructure Agreement, described
+Added: below, which provided for the payment to Intelligent Partners of $ 1,750,000 from the proceeds from the Company’s agreements with
+Added: As part of the restructure of the Company’s agreements with Intelligent Partners, the Company amended the existing MPAs and
+Added: granted Intelligent Partners certain rights in the monetization proceeds from any new intellectual property the Company acquires, as described
+Added: Under these MPAs, Intelligent Partners participates in the monetization proceeds the Company receives with respect to new patents
+Added: after QFL has received its negotiated rate of return.
On or prior to the date of the Restructure Agreement,
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(the “Transferred Note”), thereby reducing the principal amount of the notes held by Intelligent Partners to $ 4,422,810 .
−Removed: On February 22, 2021, the Company and Intelligent
−Removed: Partners agreed to extinguish the notes and Transferred Note, and terminate or amend and restate the SPA and Transaction Documents, pursuant
−Removed: to a series of agreements including:
−Removed: the Restructure Agreement, a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”),
−Removed: an Option Grant (the “Option Grant”), an Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement (the “Pledge Agreement”), an Amended
−Removed: and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), a Board Observation Agreement (the “Board
−Removed: Observation Agreement”), a MPA-NA Security Interest Agreement (the “MPA-NA Security Interest Agreement”), an Amended
−Removed: and Restated Patent Proceeds Security Agreement (the “Patent Proceeds Security Agreement”, an Amended and Restated MPA-CP
−Removed: (the “MPA-CP”), an Amended and Restated MPA-CXT (the “MPA-CXT”), a MPA-MR (the “MPA-MR”), a MPA-AMI
−Removed: (the “MPA-AMI,” and together with the MPA-CP, MPA-CXT and MPA-MR, each a Restructure MPA and together the Restructure MPAs)
−Removed: and a MPA-NA (the “MPA-NA”).
−Removed: (i) Pursuant to the Restructure Agreement,
−Removed: the Company paid Intelligent Partners $ 1,750,000 at closing, which the Company received from QFL and which QFL paid directly to Intelligent
−Removed: Partners, and recognized the TMPO, which shall, from and after the Restructure Date, be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by (a) payments
−Removed: to Intelligent Partners pursuant to the Restructure Agreement, the Restructure MPAs and the MPA-NA and (b) any election by the Intelligent
−Removed: Partners to pay the Exercise Price of the Restructure Option, in whole or part, by means of a reduction in the then outstanding TMPO.
−Removed: The TMPO has been classified as a current liability as of September 30, 2023.
−Removed: (ii) Pursuant to the Stock Purchase
−Removed: Agreement, the Company issued to Fitton and Carper, as holders of the Transferred Note, a total of 462,963 shares of common stock at a
−Removed: purchase price of $ 0.54 per share, which purchase price was paid by the conversion and in full satisfaction of the Transferred Note (the
−Removed: “Conversion Shares”).
−Removed: For purposes of extinguishment, the issuance of the Conversion Shares in full satisfaction of the Transferred
−Removed: Note balance of $ 250,000 is included in the reacquisition price of the debt.
−Removed: The Company recognized a loss on debt conversion of $ 305,556
−Removed: which is the difference between the agreed conversion price and the fair value of the Conversion Shares at the date of conversion.
−Removed: Note 5 for information on the share issue.
−Removed: (iii) Pursuant to the Option Grant,
−Removed: the Company granted Intelligent Partners an option to purchase a total of 500,000 shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $ 0.54
−Removed: per share which vests immediately and may be exercised through September 30, 2025.
−Removed: The Company valued the option at approximately $ 598,000
−Removed: using the Black-Scholes pricing model.
−Removed: The proceeds were allocated to the repurchase price of the debt extinguishment based on its fair
−Removed: See Note 5 for information on the option grant.
−Removed: (iv) Pursuant to the restructured monetization
−Removed: proceeds agreement, Intelligent Partners has a right to receive 60 % of the net monetization proceeds from the patents currently owned
−Removed: by the Subsidiary Guarantors.
−Removed: The agreement has no termination provisions, so Intelligent Partners will be entitled to its percentage
−Removed: interest as long as revenue is generated from the intellectual property covered by the agreement.
−Removed: (v) Pursuant to the MPA-NA, until the
−Removed: TMPO has been paid in full, Intelligent Partners is entitled to receive 10% of the net proceeds realized from new assets acquired by the
−Removed: If, in any calendar quarter, net proceeds realized exceed $1,000,000, Intelligent Partners’ entitlement for that quarter
−Removed: only shall increase to 30% on the portion of net proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 but less than $3,000,000.
−Removed: If in the same calendar quarter,
−Removed: net proceeds exceed $3,000,000, Intelligent Partners’ entitlement for that quarter only shall increase to 50% on the portion of
−Removed: net proceeds in excess of $3,000,000.
−Removed: After satisfaction of the TMPO, the MPA-NA and Intelligent Partners’ interest in new asset
−Removed: proceeds shall terminate.
−Removed: (vi) The Company granted Intelligent
−Removed: Partners, Fitton and Carper certain registration rights with respect to (i) the 500,000 shares currently owned by Fitton and Carper;
−Removed: the 462,963 Conversion Shares issued to Fitton and Carper, and (iii) the 500,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the
−Removed: (vii) Pursuant to the Subsidiary Security
−Removed: Agreement, the Company’s obligations under its agreements with Intelligent Partners, including its obligations under the Restructure
−Removed: Agreement and the Restructure MPAs are secured by a security interest in the net proceeds realized from the future monetization of the
−Removed: patents currently owned by the eight subsidiaries named above.
−Removed: (viii) Pursuant to the MPA-NA-Security
−Removed: Interest Agreement, our obligations under the MPA-NA are secured by a security interest in net proceeds realized from the future monetization
−Removed: of new patents acquired until the TMPO is satisfied, provided Intelligent Partners’ secured interest shall be limited to its entitlement
−Removed: in Net Proceeds under the MPA-NA.
−Removed: After satisfaction of the TMPO the security interest in proceeds from new assets shall terminate.
−Removed: (ix) Pursuant to the Board Observation
−Removed: Rights Agreement, until the Total Monetization Proceeds Obligation has been satisfied (the “Observation Period”), the Company
−Removed: granted Intelligent Partners the option and right, exercisable at any time during the Observation Period, to appoint a representative
−Removed: to attend meetings of the Board or any committee thereof, including executive sessions, in an observer capacity.
−Removed: Intelligent Partners
−Removed: has no right to appoint a director to the board.
−Removed: Events of Default include (i) a Change of Control
−Removed: 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
−Removed: the subject of a Dispute or other formal dispute resolution proceeding initiated in good faith pursuant to this Agreement or other Restructure
−Removed: Documents (iii) the filing of a voluntary petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code by Company or any of its material
−Removed: subsidiaries, (iv) the filing of an involuntary petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code against the Company, which
−Removed: is not stayed or dismissed within sixty (60) days of such filing, except for an involuntary petition for relief filed solely by Intelligent
−Removed: Partners, or any Affiliate or member of Intelligent Partners, or (v) acceleration of an obligation in excess of $ 1,000,000 to another
−Removed: provider of financing following a final determination by arbitration or other judicial proceeding that such obligation is due and owing.
−Removed: Because of the beneficial ownership percentage
−Removed: of its principals, Intelligent Partners is treated as a related party.
+Added: Because of the beneficial ownership percentage of
+Added: its principals, Intelligent Partners is treated as a related party.
Long-Term Liabilities
Loan Payable – SBA
−Removed: The loans payable – SBA balance at September
+Added: The loans payable – SBA balance at March 31,
2024 and December 31, 2023 of $ 150,000 represents the total amount due under a secured Economic Injury Disaster Loan from the U.S.
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Purchase Price of Patents
−Removed: The purchase price of patents balance at September
+Added: The purchase price of patents balance at March 31,
2024 and December 31, 2023 of $ 53,665 represents:
−Removed: The non-current portion of our obligations under
−Removed: the unsecured non-recourse funding agreement with a third-party funder entered into in May 2020 whereby the third-party agreed to provide
+Added: The non-current portion of our obligations under the
+Added: unsecured non-recourse funding agreement with a third-party funder entered into in May 2020 whereby the third-party agreed to provide
acquisition funding in the amount of $ 95,000 for the Company’s acquisition of the audio messaging portfolio.
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received $ 53,665 .
−Removed: The Company has not paid anything against the obligation in 2023.
−Removed: The Company has no other obligation to the third-party
−Removed: and has no liability to the funder in the event that the Company does not generate net proceeds.
−Removed: Pursuant to ASC 470, the Company recorded
−Removed: this monetization obligation as debt and the difference between the purchase price and total obligation as a discount to the debt and
−Removed: fully expensed to interest during the period.
+Added: The Company did not make any payments with respect to this obligation in 2024.
+Added: The Company has no other obligation to
+Added: the third-party and has no liability to the funder in the event that the Company does not generate sufficient net proceeds.
+Added: ASC 470, the Company recorded this monetization obligation as debt and the difference between the purchase price and total obligation
+Added: as a discount to the debt and fully expensed to interest during the period.
On February 22, 2021, the Company issued warrants
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and is valued at its fair value as of the grant date and re-measured at each balance sheet date with the period-to-period change in the
−Removed: fair market value of the warrant liability reflected as a gain or loss in warrant liability and included under other income (expense).
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022,
+Added: fair market value of the warrant liability reflected as a change in fair market value of warrant liability and included under other expenses.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023,
the aggregate fair value of the outstanding warrant liability was approximately $ 481,000 and $ 282,000 , respectively.
The Company estimated the fair value of the warrant
−Removed: liability using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following key assumptions as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: liability using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following key assumptions as of March 31, 2024 and December 31,
Exercise price
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Expected term
−Removed: The following schedule summarizes the valuation
−Removed: of financial instruments at fair value in the balance sheets as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
+Added: The following schedule summarizes the valuation of
+Added: financial instruments at fair value in the balance sheets as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
Fair Value Measurements as of
−Removed: September 30, 2023
+Added: March 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
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Total liabilities
−Removed: The following tables set forth a reconciliation
−Removed: of changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:
+Added: The following table sets forth a reconciliation of
+Added: changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:
Balance at December 31, 2023
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Balance at March 31, 2024
−Removed: Loss on subsequent measurement
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2023
−Removed: Gain on subsequent measurement
−Removed: Balance at September 30, 2023
−Removed: Balance at December 31, 2021
−Removed: Gain on subsequent measurement
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2022
−Removed: Gain on subsequent measurement
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2022
−Removed: Gain on subsequent measurement
−Removed: Balance at September 30, 2022
−Removed: See Notes 3 and 5 for information on the warrant
+Added: See Notes 4 and 6 for information on the warrant issuance.
STOCKHOLDERS’
−Removed: Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate
−Removed: of Incorporation
−Removed: On July 27, 2022, the Company amended its amended
−Removed: and restated certificate of incorporation following approval of the amendment by the stockholders at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
−Removed: The amendment (i) decreased the number of authorized
−Removed: shares of common stock from 10,000,000,000 shares to 30,000,000 shares and (ii) effected a one-for-100 reverse split whereby each share
−Removed: of common stock became and was converted into 0.01 shares of common stock, with fractional shares being rounded up to the next higher
−Removed: whole number of shares.
−Removed: There was no change in the par value of the common stock.
−Removed: All historical share and per share amounts in
−Removed: these financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split and change in authorized common stock.
Issuance of Options
−Removed: A summary of the status of the Company’s
−Removed: stock options and changes is set forth below:
−Removed: Weighted Average
−Removed: Exercise Price ($)
−Removed: Weighted Average
−Removed: Grant Date Fair
−Removed: Weighted Average
−Removed: Contractual Life
+Added: A summary of the status of the Company’s stock
+Added: options and changes is set forth below:
+Added: Number of Options (#)
+Added: Weighted Average Exercise
+Added: Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ($)
+Added: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)
Balance - December 31, 2023
−Removed: Balance - September 30, 2023
+Added: Balance - March 31, 2024
Options exercisable at end of period
−Removed: The outstanding options do not have an intrinsic
−Removed: value as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, there was approximately
+Added: The outstanding options do not have an intrinsic value
+Added: as of March 31, 2024 or December 31, 2023.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024, there was approximately
$ 960,000 of unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested stock option awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted
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Issuance of Warrants
−Removed: A summary of the status of the Company’s
−Removed: warrants and changes is set forth below:
−Removed: Weighted Average
−Removed: Exercise Price ($)
−Removed: Weighted Average
−Removed: Contractual Life
+Added: A summary of the status of the Company’s warrants
+Added: and changes is set forth below:
+Added: Number of Warrants (#)
+Added: Weighted Average Exercise
+Added: Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)
Balance - December 31, 2023
−Removed: Balance - September 30, 2023
−Removed: The outstanding warrants do not have an intrinsic
−Removed: value as of September 30, 2023 or December 31, 2022.
−Removed: Intangible assets include patents purchased and
−Removed: are recorded at their acquisition cost.
−Removed: Intangible assets consisted of the following:
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: accumulated amortization
−Removed: ( 2,217,106 )
−Removed: ( 1,625,846 )
−Removed: Net value of intangible assets
−Removed: Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)
−Removed: Intangible assets are comprised of patents with
−Removed: estimated useful lives.
−Removed: The intangible assets at September 30, 2023 represent:
−Removed: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in January 2018 pursuant to an
−Removed: agreement with to Intellectual Ventures Assets 62 LLC and Intellectual Ventures Assets 71 LLC “(IV 62/71”), pursuant to which
−Removed: CXT has an obligation to distribute 50 % of net revenues to IV 62/71;
−Removed: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in January 2018 by Photonic Imaging
−Removed: Solutions Inc.
−Removed: (“PIS”) from Intellectual Ventures Assets 64 LLC (“IV 64”) pursuant to which PIS is to pay IV 64
−Removed: (a) 70 % of the first $ 1,500,000 of net revenue, (b) 30 % of the next $ 1,500,000 of net revenue and (c) 50 % of net revenue in excess of
−Removed: $ 3,000,000 ;
−Removed: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in May 2020 for a purchase price
−Removed: of $ 95,000 pursuant to an agreement with Texas Technology Ventures 2, LLP (“TTV”), pursuant to which of the Company retains
−Removed: the first $ 230,000 of net proceeds, as defined in the agreement, after which the company has an obligation to distribute 50 % of net proceeds
−Removed: ● patents (which were fully amortized at the date of acquisition) acquired in February 2021 pursuant to
−Removed: an agreement with PKT for a purchase price of $ 350,000 , pursuant to which $ 350,000 was paid at closing, and upon the realization of gross
−Removed: proceeds, as defined in the agreement, the Company shall make a subsequent payments in the aggregate amount of $ 93,900 , representing reimbursement
−Removed: to PKT, as the prosecuting attorney, for legal fees associated with prosecution of the portfolio, such reimbursement shall be due and
−Removed: payable to PKT from time to time as gross proceeds are realized, if any, and paid to PKT along with and in proportion to reimbursement
−Removed: to other third parties of costs incurred in realizing gross proceeds.
−Removed: Thereafter, PKT is entitled to a percentage of gross proceeds realized,
−Removed: ● patents (which were fully depreciated at the date of acquisition) acquired in May 2021 for a purchase
−Removed: price of $ 250,000 .
−Removed: ● patents acquired in October 2021 from AI for a purchase price of $ 550,000 pursuant to which the Company
−Removed: retains an amount equal to the purchase price plus any fees incurred out of net proceeds, as defined in the agreement, after which AI
−Removed: is entitled to a percentage of further net proceeds realized, if any;
−Removed: the useful lives of the patents, at the date of acquisition, was
−Removed: approximately 11 years.
−Removed: ● patents acquired in January 2022 for a purchase price of $ 1,060,000 , the useful lives of the patents,
−Removed: at the date of purchase, was approximately 1 - 2 years.
−Removed: ● patents acquired in July 2022 via assignment from AI for a purchase price of $ 92,000 , the useful lives
−Removed: of the patents, at the date of purchase, was approximately 2 - 4 years.
−Removed: ● patents acquired July 2022 pursuant to an agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP and
−Removed: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company for a purchase price of $ 350,000 .
−Removed: The useful lives of the patents, at the date of purchase, was approximately
−Removed: ● patents acquired March 2023 from Tower for a purchase price of $ 3,300,000 pursuant to which the Company
−Removed: retains an amount equal to the purchase price plus a negotiated return and any fees out of net proceeds, as defined in the agreement,
−Removed: after which Tower in entitled to a percentage of further net proceeds realized, if any.
−Removed: The useful lives of the patents, at the date of
−Removed: purchase, was approximately 5 - 15 years.
−Removed: ● patents acquired in August 2023 pursuant to an agreement with Koji Yoden for a purchase price of $ 30,000 .
−Removed: The useful lives of the patents, at the date of purchase, was approximately 9 - 10 years.
−Removed: The Company amortizes the costs of intangible
−Removed: assets over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis.
−Removed: Costs incurred to acquire patents, including legal costs, are also
−Removed: capitalized as long-lived assets and amortized on a straight-line basis with the associated patent.
−Removed: The Company assesses intangible assets for any
−Removed: impairment to the carrying values.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2023, management concluded that there was no impairment to the intangible
−Removed: Amortization expense for patents was approximately
−Removed: $ 203,000 and $ 591,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively.
−Removed: Amortization expense for patents was approximately
−Removed: $ 198,000 and $ 712,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively.
−Removed: Amortization expense is included in selling,
−Removed: general, and administration expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
−Removed: Future amortization of intangible assets
−Removed: is as follows:
−Removed: Year Ended December 31,
−Removed: Remainder of 2023
+Added: Balance - March 31, 2024
+Added: The warrants contain certain minimum ownership percentage
+Added: antidilution rights pursuant to which the aggregate number of shares of common stock purchasable upon the initial exercise of the warrant
+Added: shall not be less than 10 % of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (determined on a fully diluted
+Added: The outstanding warrants do not have an intrinsic value as of March 31, 2024 or December 31, 2023.
+Added: NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST
+Added: The following table reconciles equity attributable
+Added: to the non-controlling interest related to Quest Packaging Solutions Corporation.
+Added: Balance, beginning of year
+Added: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
+Added: Balance, end of year
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
−Removed: The Company has at various times entered into
−Removed: transactions with related parties, including officers, directors and major stockholders, wherein these parties have provided services,
−Removed: advanced or loaned money, or both, to the Company which was needed to support its daily operations.
−Removed: The Company discloses all related
−Removed: party transactions.
−Removed: See Notes 3 and 5 in connection with the Restructure
−Removed: Agreement dated February 22, 2021 with Intelligent Partners.
−Removed: Because of its ownership percentage, Intelligent Partners is treated as a
−Removed: related party.
−Removed: See Note 5 with respect to share-based compensation
−Removed: to officers and directors.
+Added: The Company has at various times entered into transactions
+Added: with related parties, including officers, directors and major stockholders, wherein these parties have provided services, advanced or
+Added: loaned money, or both, to the Company which was needed to support its daily operations.
+Added: The Company discloses all related party transactions.
+Added: See Note 4 in connection with the Restructure Agreement
+Added: dated February 22, 2021 with Intelligent Partners.
+Added: Because of its ownership percentage, Intelligent Partners is treated as a related party.
See Note 9 with respect to the employment agreement
with the Company’s president and chief executive officer.
−Removed: During the nine months ended September 30, 2022,
−Removed: the Company contracted with an entity owned by the chief technology officer for the provision of information technology services to the
−Removed: In June 2022 the chief technology officer sold his interest in the entity.
−Removed: The cost of such services was approximately $ 0 and
−Removed: $ 205 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023, the Company contracted with a law firm more than 10 percent owned by the chief executive officer.
−Removed: The firm serves as counsel
−Removed: to the Company in connection with general corporate matters, diligence and maintenance of the Company’s patent portfolio.
−Removed: three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the cost of these services was approximately $ 25,000 and $ 25,000 , respectively.
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company contracted with a law firm more than 10 percent owned, but not controlled, by the father-in-law of the
−Removed: chief executive officer.
+Added: During three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company contracted
+Added: with a law firm more than 10 percent owned by the chief executive officer.
+Added: The firm is engaged as counsel in connection with general
+Added: corporate matters, diligence and maintenance of the Company’s patent portfolio.
+Added: In connection with the engagement, the Company
+Added: recorded patent service costs of approximately $ 30,000 and $ 0 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and these
+Added: were recorded as part of general and of selling, administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
+Added: 2023, the Company contracted with a law firm more than 10 percent owned, but not controlled, by the father-in-law of the chief
+Added: executive officer.
The firm is engaged on a contingent fee basis and serves as escrow agent in connection with monetization of the
Company’s patents in matters where the firm is serving as counsel to the Company.
−Removed: For the three and nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2023, the cost of these services was approximately $ 56,000 and $ 118,000 , respectively.
−Removed: For the three and nine months ended September
−Removed: 30, 2022, the cost of these services was approximately $ 33,000 and $ 61,000 , respectively.
−Removed: Since the services are on a contingent fee basis,
−Removed: no fees are incurred unless there is a recovery.
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2024
+Added: and 2023, the cost of these services was approximately $ 464,000 and $ 62,000 , respectively, and these were recorded as part of
+Added: litigation and licensing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023,
+Added: approximately $ 1,379,000 of such costs were payable to the related party.
+Added: Since the services are on a contingent fee basis, no fees
+Added: are incurred unless there is a recovery.
AND CONTINGENCIES
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The agreement provides
−Removed: for an initial annual salary of $ 252,000 , which may be increased, but not decreased, by the board or the compensation committee.
−Removed: 2023, the Company’s board of directors increased the chief executive officer’s annual salary to $ 600,000 , effective January
−Removed: The chief executive officer is entitled to a bonus if the Company meets or exceeds performance criteria established by the compensation
−Removed: In August 2016, the Company’s board of directors approved annual bonus compensation equal to 30 % of the amount by which
−Removed: the Company’s consolidated income before income taxes exceeds $ 500,000 , but, if the Company is subject to the limitation on deductibility
−Removed: of executive compensation pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the bonus cannot exceed the amount which would be deductible
−Removed: pursuant to Section 162(m).
−Removed: The chief executive officer is also eligible to participate in any executive incentive plans which the Company
+Added: for an initial annual salary of $ 252,000 , which may be increased, but not decreased, by the board or the compensation committee, which
+Added: was increased in 2016 to $ 300,000 and to $ 600,000 , effective January 1, 2023.
+Added: The chief executive officer is entitled to a bonus if the
+Added: Company meets or exceeds performance criteria established by the compensation committee.
+Added: In August 2016, the Company’s board of
+Added: directors approved annual bonus compensation equal to 30 % of the amount by which the Company’s consolidated income before income
+Added: taxes exceeds $ 500,000 , but, if the Company is subject to the limitation on deductibility of executive compensation pursuant to Section
+Added: 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the bonus cannot exceed the amount which would be deductible pursuant to Section 162(m).
+Added: executive’s bonus for 2023 was approximately $ 334,000 .
+Added: The chief executive officer is also eligible to participate in any executive incentive
+Added: plans which the Company may adopt.
Pursuant to the SEP IRA plan adopted by the Company
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ending December 31, 2024, the percentage was set at 20 %.
−Removed: The Company’s president and chief executive officer is the only participant
−Removed: and during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, $ 33,000 and $ 14,500 was deposited into his SEP IRA account, respectively.
+Added: The Company’s chief executive officer and chief technology officer are
+Added: the only participants and during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, approximately $ 17,300 and $ 16,500 was deposited into
+Added: the chief executive officer’s SEP IRA account, respectively and approximately $ 6,600 and $ 0 was deposited into the chief technology officer’s
+Added: SEP IRA account, respectively.
Inventor Royalties, Contingent Litigation Funding
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generated as a result of licensing and otherwise enforcing the respective patents or patent portfolios.
−Removed: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may
−Removed: engage third-party funding sources to provide funding for patent licensing and enforcement.
−Removed: The agreements with the third-party funding
−Removed: sources may provide that the funding source receive a portion of any negotiated fees, settlements or judgments.
−Removed: In certain instances,
−Removed: these third-party funding sources are entitled to receive a significant percentage of any proceeds realized until the third-party funder
−Removed: has recouped agreed upon amounts based on formulas set forth in the underlying funding agreement, which may reduce or delay and proceeds
−Removed: due to the Company.
−Removed: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may
−Removed: retain the services of law firms in connection with their licensing and enforcement activities.
+Added: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may engage
+Added: third-party funding sources to provide funding for patent licensing and enforcement.
+Added: The agreements with the third-party funding sources
+Added: may provide that the funding source receive a portion of any negotiated fees, settlements or judgments.
+Added: In certain instances, these third-party
+Added: funding sources are entitled to receive a significant percentage of any proceeds realized until the third-party funder has recouped agreed
+Added: upon amounts based on formulas set forth in the underlying funding agreement, which may reduce or delay and proceeds due to the Company.
+Added: The Company’s operating subsidiaries may retain
+Added: the services of law firms in connection with their licensing and enforcement activities.
These law firms may be retained on a contingent
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and when the fees, settlements or judgments are obtained.
−Removed: Depending on the amount of any recovery, it is
−Removed: possible that all the proceeds from a specific settlement may be paid to the funding source and legal counsel.
−Removed: The economic terms of the inventor agreements,
−Removed: funding agreements and contingent legal fee arrangements associated with the patent portfolios owned or controlled by the Company’s
−Removed: operating subsidiaries, if any, including royalty rates, proceeds sharing rates, contingent fee rates and other terms, vary across the
−Removed: patent portfolios owned or controlled by the operating subsidiaries.
−Removed: Inventor royalties, payments to noncontrolling interests, payments
−Removed: to third-party funding providers and contingent legal fees expenses fluctuate period to period, based on the amount of revenues recognized
−Removed: each period, the terms and conditions of revenue agreements executed each period and the mix of specific patent portfolios with varying
−Removed: economic terms and obligations generating revenues each period.
−Removed: Inventor royalties, payments to third-party funding sources and contingent
−Removed: legal fees expenses will continue to fluctuate and may continue to vary significantly period to period, based primarily on these factors.
+Added: Depending on the amount of any recovery, it is possible
+Added: that all the proceeds from a specific settlement may be paid to the funding source and legal counsel.
+Added: The economic terms of the inventor agreements, funding
+Added: agreements and contingent legal fee arrangements associated with the patent portfolios owned or controlled by the Company’s operating
+Added: subsidiaries, if any, including royalty rates, proceeds sharing rates, contingent fee rates and other terms, vary across the patent portfolios
+Added: owned or controlled by the operating subsidiaries.
+Added: Inventor royalties, payments to noncontrolling interests, payments to third-party funding
+Added: providers and contingent legal fees expenses fluctuate period to period, based on the amount of revenues recognized each period, the terms
+Added: and conditions of revenue agreements executed each period and the mix of specific patent portfolios with varying economic terms and obligations
+Added: generating revenues each period.
+Added: Inventor royalties, payments to third-party funding sources and contingent legal fees expenses will continue
+Added: to fluctuate and may continue to vary significantly period to period, based primarily on these factors.
Patent Enforcement and Other Litigation
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of the subsidiary and/or the loss of the patents, which are the subsidiaries’ only assets.
−Removed: Effects of possible delisting of common stock
−Removed: On May 23, 2022, the Company received notice from
−Removed: OTC Markets Group, that, because the bid price for its common stock had closed below $ 0.01 per share for more than 30 consecutive days,
−Removed: the Company no longer meets the Standards for Continued Eligibility under the OTC listing standards and, if this deficiency is not met
−Removed: by August 21, 2022, the Company’s common stock will be removed from the OTCQB marketplace, in which event the common stock will be traded
−Removed: on the OTC Pink market.
−Removed: Our registration rights agreement with QFL provides that, in the event of a failure to comply with certain covenants,
−Removed: which includes the failure of our common stock to be traded on the OTCQB, in addition to any other remedies available to QFL, we are to
−Removed: pay to QFL an amount in cash equal to 2.0 % of the aggregate value of QFL’s Registrable Securities, as defined in the Registration
−Removed: Rights Agreement, whether or not included in such registration statement, on each of the following dates:
−Removed: (i) the initial day of a maintenance
−Removed: (ii) on the 30th day after the date of such a failure and (iii) every 30th day thereafter (prorated for periods totaling less
−Removed: than thirty (30) days) until such failure is cured.
−Removed: In July 2022 the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation to effect a one-for-100
−Removed: reverse split of its common stock (see Note 5).
−Removed: The OTC Markets Group confirmed to the Company that the deficiency has been cured.
−Removed: Company cannot assure it will continue to meet the requirements for continued listing on the OTCQB, including the maintenance of a bid
−Removed: price of at least $ 0.01 per share.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: evaluates events that have occurred after the balance sheet date through the date for which the condensed consolidated financial statements
−Removed: Based upon the evaluation, the Company did not identify any recognized or non-recognized subsequent events that would have
−Removed: required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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