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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
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Commitments and Contingencies

Note 9 - Commitments and Contingencies

 

On June 25, 2015, Company consultant Hank Leibowitz assigned to the Company a patent he obtained for a system and method for using high temperature sources in Rankine cycle power systems. The Company has agreed to pay Mr. Leibowitz a 2% royalty for any and all revenues of products and/or project sales by the Company based on the subject patent.

 

On June 1, 2016, the Company entered into a ten-year License Agreement with Helidyne LLC to utilize the Helidyne intellectual property in order to use Helidyne expanders in Powerverde systems and to sell Helidyne expanders. As part of the licensing agreement the Company committed to purchase two 50 kW expanders, at a price of $25,000 each, on or before the sixth month anniversary of the agreement. The $50,000 was payable in two monthly installments of $25,000 beginning October 2016. The Company had made payments totaling $38,750, towards the purchase of the expanders, all of which was included in prepaid expense and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2016. Due to Helidyne’s failure to perform under the agreement, the Company has not made any further payments to Helidyne and does not intend to do so unless and until Helidyne performs as required. Helidyne has not objected to the Company’s position, and it is very unlikely that Helidyne will ever be able to perform.

 

The Company agreed to pay Helidyne LLC a royalty of 3% of sales, subject to a minimum annual royalty of $50,000 beginning on the earlier of commercialization of the product or three years from the effective date of the agreement. This minimum royalty would be payable only if Helidyne performs as required, which is very unlikely, or if the Company elects to produce its own expanders using Helidyne technology. The Company does intend to produce these expanders directly or through a contract manufacturer in the future. See Note 5.

 

On April 15, 2017, the Company entered into an assembly agreement with Liberty Plugins, Inc. (“Liberty”) to assemble Liberty’s Hydra electronic vehicle charging systems and ship completed Hydras to Liberty’s facility in Santa Barbara, California (the “Liberty Agreement”). Liberty has agreed to pay $1,000 for the first 10 Hydras assembled in a month, $750 per Hydra for the next 10 Hydras assembled per month and $500 per Hydra for each Hydra assembled above 20 per month. The Company has never assembled/shipped more than 10 Hydras in any month and does not expect to do so in the future. As of June 30, 2019, the Company has built and shipped 40 Hydras. Revenue for these products is reflected in the net revenue on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations as follows: $6,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively and $3,000 and $1,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.