NOTES RECEIVABLE

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Receivables [Abstract]

NOTES RECEIVABLE

NOTE 2 – NOTES RECEIVABLE

On June 23, 2010, the Company, along with David B. Beck, the Company's Director of Engineering, filed a complaint against R&D Products, LLC, Persimmon Investments, Inc. and Jules A. deGreef, the managing member of R&D Products, LLC. The complaint alleged that all of the intellectual properties owned by R&D Products and Mr. deGreef, specifically patented applications using Bend Sensor^® technology that were filed jointly by Mr. Beck and Mr. deGreef, and later assigned solely to Mr. deGreef and R&D Products, are the property of the Company. The assignment by Mr. Beck of his rights in the patents and intellectual properties were improperly given and are the property of the Company. The Company believed that since Mr. Beck was an employee of the Company during the time that he became the primary creative force and inventor of the Bend Sensor^® applications for R&D Products and Mr. deGreef, and the inventions and applications were created using Flexpoint resources, the Company claimed that such intellectual properties, patents, etc. filed by deGreef, Persimmon and R&D belong to Flexpoint and therefore has sought financial damages and ownership of all intellectual rights, patents and inventions created by Mr. Beck for deGreef, Persimmon and R&D Products.  

On April 9, 2013, the parties of the above referenced litigation reached a favorable universal settlement agreement that reinforces the Company's rights to the intellectual properties and their related products, including the medical bed. In order to secure the Company had exclusive rights to all patents and intellectual properties associated with this litigation the Company advanced to Mr. deGreef $25,000 to bring current all of the filing and maintenance fees for the patents detailed in the law suit. The advance is secured by a promissory note with an annual interest rate of 10% to be paid no later than December 31, 2015. During 2016 the Company established an allowance of $31,813 for the note receivable from Mr. deGreef.

On April 1, 2015, the Company paid $51,157 for the assumption and assignment of a convertible promissory note receivable issued by Bend Tech, LLC (“Bend Tech”; one of the Company’s customers – see also Note 1, Concentrations and Credit Risk) and held by a third-party Bend Tech investor (“the Investor”).  The note bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum and had a maturity date of April 1, 2015.  The agreement allows the holder, at its option, to convert the note to a 5% ownership of Bend Tech.  The Company elected to take assignment of those conversion rights, reaching an agreement with the Investor to pay the principle and interest to the Investor at the due date.  Bend Tech is expected to become a more significant customer of the Company as it begins its product introductions, and the Company elected to pay off the note and put itself in position to either receive the payment plus interest or   convert the note into ownership of Bend Tech rather than have an outside investor make such conversion.  As of the date of this report, the note is in default and the Company has not exercised its conversion option. The Company has recorded a bad debt expense charge for the full amount of the note.  During 2016 the Company established an allowance of $54,993 for the note receivable from Bend Tech LLC.