2.4.0.80011 - Disclosure - 4a. DEVELOPMENT OF SPECTRAL PATTERN MATCHING TECHNOLOGYtruefalsefalse1false falsefalseFrom2012-10-01to2013-06-30http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001074828duration2012-10-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:002false falsefalseFrom2011-10-01to2012-09-30http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001074828duration2011-10-01T00:00:002012-09-30T00:00:001true 1VSUL_NotesToFinancialStatementsAbstractVSUL_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalse2falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Notes to Financial Statements2false 2us-gaap_InProcessResearchAndDevelopmentPolicyus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel1falsefalsefalse00The Companys ChromaID Technology   The Company has invented a way to project light at a material (solid surface, liquid, or gas) and measure the amount of light that is reflected back. The pattern of this reflected light is compared to other patterns the Company has captured and this allows the Company to identify, detect, or diagnose materials that cannot be identified by the human eye. The Company refers to this pattern of reflected light as a ChromaID. The Company designs ChromaID scanning devices made with electronic, optical, and software parts to produce and capture the light.   The Companys first product, the ChromaID F12 Lab Kit, scans and identifies solid surfaces. The Company is marketing this product to customers who are considering licensing the technology. Target markets include, but are not limited to, commercial paint manufacturers, pharmaceutical equipment manufacturers, process control companies, currency paper and ink manufacturers, security card, reader, and scanner manufacturers, food processing, and electronic gaming.   The Companys Patents   On August 9, 2011, the Company was issued US Patent No. 7,996,173 B2 entitled Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy, by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires August 24, 2029.   On December 13, 2011, the Company was issued US Patent No. 8,076,630 B2 entitled System and Method of Evaluating an Object Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires November 7, 2028.   On December 20, 2011, the Company was issued US Patent No. 8,081,304 B2 entitled Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires July 28, 2030.   On October 9, 2012, the Company was issued US Patent No. 8,285,510 B2 entitled Method, Apparatus, and Article to Facilitate Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires July 31, 2027.   On February 5, 2013, the Company was issued US Patent No. 8,368,878 B2 entitled Method, Apparatus and Article To Facilitate Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks. The patent expires July 31, 2027.   The Company is pursuing an aggressive patent strategy to expand our unique intellectual property in the United States and Japan and other countries.falsefalsefalse2falsefalsefalse00  The Company has developed a unique patented Visualant Spectral Pattern Matching technology. This technology directs structured light onto a physical substance to capture a Visualant Spectral Signature called a ChromaID. When matched against existing databases, the ChromaID can be used to identify, detect, or diagnose markers invisible to the human eye. ChromaID scanners can be integrated into a variety of mobile or fixed-mount form factors, making it possible to effectively conduct analyses in the field that could only previously be performed by large and expensive lab-based tests.   Visualant Spectral Pattern Matching and the ChromaID profile were developed over a seven year period by Professors Dr. Tom Furness and Dr. Brian Showngerdt of RATLab LLC under contract to Visualant. The technology is now being transferred into products and a ScanHead module. Visualant has partnered with Sumitomo Precision Products to manufacture the ScanHead and reduce the technology to a reliable and cost effective form. The first demonstration of this is the Cyclops6 ChromaID Scanner which was demonstrated at the Japanese Instrumentation Manufacturing Association trade show in Tokyo in October 2012. The Cyclops 6 ChromaID Scanner can be used to evaluate the technology for flat surface applications and has sensitivity from 350nm to 1450nm.   Visualant is pursuing an aggressive patent strategy to expand our unique intellectual property in the United States and Japan. The following patents have been issued to date:   On September 6, 2011, the Company announced that it was issued US Patent No. 7,996,173, entitled Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate Distributed Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy, by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks.   On January 19, 2012, the Company announced that it was issued US Patent No. 8,081,304, entitled Method, Apparatus and Article to Facilitate Evaluation of Objects Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks.   On March 20, 2012, the Company announced that it was issued US Patent No. 8,076,630, entitled System and Method of Evaluating an Object Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks.   On November 1, 2012, the Company announced that it was issued US Patent No. 8,285,510 entitled System and Method of Evaluating an Object Using Electromagnetic Energy by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks.   On June 7, 2011, the Company closed the acquisition of all Visualant related assets of the RATLab LLC (RATLab). The RATLab is a Seattle based research and development laboratory created by Dr. Tom Furness, founder and Director of the HITLab International, with labs at Seattle, University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and the University of Tasmania in Australia. With this acquisition, the Company consolidated all intellectual property relating to the Spectral Pattern Matching technology except for environmental field of use.  The Company acquired the Visualant related assets of the RATLab for (i) 1,000,000 shares of our common stock at closing valued at $0.20 per share, the price during the negotiation of this agreement; (ii) $250,000 (paid); and (iii)  payment of the outstanding promissory note owing to Mr. Furness in the amount of $65,000 with accrued interest of $24,675 (paid).   On July 31, 2012, the Company closed the acquisition of the environmental field of use of its Spectral Pattern Matching technology from Javelin LLC (Javelin). The Company acquired the Visualant related assets of Javelin for (i) 1,250,000 shares of our common stock at closing valued at thirteen ($0.13) per share, the price during the negotiation of this agreement; and (ii)  $100,000, with $20,000 payable at closing and $80,000 to be paid in four equal installments over a period of eight months. In addition, Company entered into a Business Development Agreement which will pay Javelin ten percent (10%) on the gross margin received by Visualant from license agreements and joint venture developments sourced by Javelin. falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaDisclosure of accounting policy for costs assigned to identifiable tangible and intangible assets of an acquired entity to be used in the research and development activities of the combined enterprise. 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