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&lt;div&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-align: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; NOTE 4 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; This represents legal fees and patent fees associated with the prosecution of patent applications.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The Company has recorded amortization expenses on the Spacer and Chromophore patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in February 2011, April 2011 and September 2012, which are amortized over its legal life of 20 years and Chromophore patent granted by the Australian Patent Office in November 2012 which is amortized over its legal life of 20 years.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Certain patent applications are abandoned by the Company when the claims are covered by patents already granted to the Company.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Patent applications abandoned have been written off at full capitalized cost.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;No amortization expense has been recorded on the remaining patent applications since patents have yet to be granted.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Once the patents are granted, the cost of the patents will be amortized over their legal lives, which is generally 20 years.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-align: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; Patents consists of the following:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt" valign="bottom" width="70%"&gt; &lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #646464 0.75pt solid" valign="bottom" width="13%" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-align: center; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; June 30, 2013&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #646464 0.75pt solid" valign="bottom" width="13%" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-align: center; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; December 31, 2012&lt;/div&gt; 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&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="bottom" width="13%" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr bgcolor="#cceeff"&gt; &lt;td valign="bottom" width="70%" align="left"&gt; &lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-align: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; Patents&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial; 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&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-align: left; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt; Less: Accumulated amortization&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #646464 0.75pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #646464 0.75pt solid; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" valign="bottom" width="12%"&gt;28,265&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 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&lt;div&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt; &lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Times New Roman; MARGIN: 0px"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;NOTE 4 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Times New Roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align: justify"&gt; This represents legal fees and patent fees associated with the prosecution of patent applications. &amp;nbsp;The Company has recorded amortization expenses on the Spacer and Chromophore patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in February 2011, April 2011 and September 2012, which are amortized over its legal life of 20 years and Chromophore patent granted by the Australian Patent Office in November 2012 which is amortized over its legal life of 20 years. &amp;nbsp;Certain patent applications are abandoned by the Company when the claims are covered by patents already granted to the Company. &amp;nbsp;Patent applications abandoned have been written off at full capitalized cost. &amp;nbsp;No amortization expense has been recorded on the remaining patent applications since patents have yet to be granted. &amp;nbsp;Once the patents are granted, the cost of the patents will be amortized over their legal lives, which is generally 20 years.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Times New Roman; MARGIN: 0px"&gt;Patents consists of the following:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN: 0px"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"&gt; &lt;tr style="FONT-SIZE: 0px"&gt; &lt;td width="289"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="130"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="31"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="124"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="289"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="130"&gt; &lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Times New Roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align: center"&gt; December 31, 2012&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="31"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="124"&gt; &lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Times New Roman; MARGIN: 0px; text-align: center"&gt; December 31, 2011&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="289"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="130"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="31"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="124"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff" valign="bottom" width="289"&gt; &lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; MARGIN: 0px"&gt;Patents&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff" valign="bottom" width="130"&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; WIDTH: 121px; MARGIN-RIGHT: -112px; TEXT-INDENT: 9px"&gt; $&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="FLOAT: left; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; text-align: right; WIDTH: 112px"&gt; 509,360&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff" valign="bottom" width="31"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff" valign="bottom" width="124"&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; WIDTH: 114px; MARGIN-RIGHT: -105px; TEXT-INDENT: 9px"&gt; $&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="FLOAT: left; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; text-align: right; WIDTH: 105px"&gt; 439,787&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="289"&gt; &lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; MARGIN: 0px"&gt;Less: Accumulated amortization&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="130"&gt; &lt;p style="FLOAT: left; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; text-align: right; WIDTH: 121px"&gt; 20,834&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="31"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="124"&gt; &lt;p style="FLOAT: left; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; text-align: right; WIDTH: 114px"&gt; 8,683&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff" valign="bottom" width="289"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff" valign="bottom" width="130"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff" valign="bottom" width="31"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff" valign="bottom" width="124"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="289"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="130"&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; WIDTH: 121px; MARGIN-RIGHT: -112px; TEXT-INDENT: 9px"&gt; $&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="FLOAT: left; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -2px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px; text-align: right; WIDTH: 112px"&gt; 488,526&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="31"&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; MARGIN-TOP: 0px" valign="bottom" width="124"&gt; 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