Warrants

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Warrants [Abstract]

WARRANTS

NOTE 8 – WARRANTS

On January 26, 2018 the Company issued a five-year warrant to purchase 400,000 shares of common stock at $0.01 per share to Liquid Patent Advisors, LLC ("LPA"). The warrant represented consideration for business and strategic development performed during 2018. The fair value of the warrant on the grant date was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with a common stock value of $1.67 per share, a contractual life of 2.5 years, a dividend yield of 0%, a volatility of 102.4% and an assumed risk-free interest rate of 2.19%. The fair value of the warrant was determined to be $664,224 and is included in general and administrative expenses in the statement of operations.

On March 13, 2018 and March 22, 2018, the Company issued to National Securities Corporation warrants to purchase shares of the Company's common stock in an amount equal to 10% of the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 5,662,000 shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock. The warrants represented placement agent compensation in connection with the 2018 Private Placement. The fair value of the warrants on the grant date was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with a common stock value of $1.67 per share, a contractual life of 2.5 years, a dividend yield of 0%, a volatility of 102.4% and an assumed risk-free interest rate of 2.36%. The fair value of the warrants was determined to be $480,485 and is included in general and administrative expenses in the statement of operations. In connection with the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock as a result of the IPO, the Company issued additional warrants to purchase 53,679 shares of common stock. The additional warrants were considered offering costs and netted with the proceeds from the IPO.

On April 6, 2018, the Company issued a five-year warrant to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock at $2.50 per share to BP Directors, LP ("BP"). The warrant represented consideration for board service from Dr. Aaron Fletcher. The fair value of the warrant on the grant date was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with a common stock value of $1.67 per share, a contractual life of 5.5 years, a dividend yield of 0%, a volatility of 89% and an assumed risk-free interest rate of 2.58%. The warrant vests and is being amortized over a one-year period. The fair value of the warrant was determined to be $11,075 and has been amortized in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

On September 26, 2018, the Company issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 82,012 shares of common stock at $2.50 per share to BP. The warrant represented consideration for board service from Dr. Aaron Fletcher. The fair value of the warrant on the grant date was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with a common stock value of $1.67 per share, a contractual life of 6.3 years, a dividend yield of 0%, a volatility of 93.5% and an assumed risk-free interest rate of 2.96%. The warrant vests and is being amortized over a one-year period. The fair value of the warrant was determined to be $100,293 and has been amortized in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

On May 16, 2019 and May 23, 2019, the Company issued to National Securities Corporation 326,800 warrants to purchase shares of the Company's common stock. The fair value of the warrants on the grant date was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with a common stock value of $1.67 per share, a contractual life of 5 years, a dividend yield of 0%, a volatility of 89.6% and an assumed risk-free interest rate of 2.11%. The fair value of the warrants was determined to be approximately $347,000 and was included in general and administrative expenses in the statement of operations. On September 13, 2019, these warrants were cancelled by the individual warrant holders and the Company determined that the related expense should be reversed. The reversal of the expense was recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2019, when the warrants were cancelled.

On October 29, 2019, the Company issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 43,794 shares of common stock at $5.00 per share to BP. The warrant represented consideration for board service from Dr. Aaron Fletcher. The fair value of the warrant on the grant date was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with a common stock value of $5.01 per share, a contractual life of 6.0 years, a dividend yield of 0%, a volatility of 88.48% and an assumed risk-free interest rate of 1.70%. The warrant is subject to a 25% cliff vesting at one year from the date of grant and the balance vesting quarterly over the following two years. The fair value of the warrant was determined to be $161,419 and $6,726 has been amortized in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2019.

On November 26, 2019, the Company issued to National Securities Corporation and its representatives underwriter warrants to purchase 317,155 shares of the Company's common stock in connection with the IPO. The exercise price of the warrants is $6.25 per share, each has a contractual life of 5 years and they are not exercisable for one year from the date of grant.

On November 29, 2019, the Company issued a ten-year warrant to purchase 3,623 shares of common stock at $5.00 per share to BP. The warrant represented consideration for board service from Dr. Aaron Fletcher. The fair value of the warrant on the grant date was estimated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with a common stock value of $5.26 per share, a contractual life of 6.0 years, a dividend yield of 0%, a volatility of 90.16% and an assumed risk-free interest rate of 1.68%. The warrant is subject to a 25% cliff vesting at one year from the date of grant and the balance vesting quarterly over the following two years. The fair value of the warrant was determined to be $14,300 and $298 has been amortized in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations during the year ended December 31, 2019.

In determining the fair value for warrants, the expected life of the Company's warrants was determined using the contractual life. The methodology in determining all other inputs to calculate the fair value utilizing the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model is the same as the stock option methodology described in Note 9 for stock options.

A summary of warrant activity for the periods ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

	Number of Shares			Range of Exercise Prices		Weighted-Average Exercise Prices		Weighted-Average Remaining Life
Outstanding at January 1, 2018		—		$	—	$	—		—
Issued		1,058,212			0.01 – $2.50		1.56		—
Outstanding at December 31, 2018		1,058,212			0.01 – 2.50		1.56		4.6
Issued		745,051			1.67 – 6.25		4.26		—
Cancelled		(326,800	)		2.50		2.50		—
Outstanding at December 31, 2019		1,476,463		$	0.01 – $6.25	$	2.71		4.1

The warrants outstanding at December 31, 2019 had an aggregate intrinsic value of approximately $4,181,000.