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PATENT
RIGHTS
On
April 13, 2018, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Buys, its
CTO, pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase from Buys the Buys Portfolio, provisional
patent rights, and other intellectual property relating to air and/or gas fired long
guns or pistols, including pump action launchers and munitions used with such pistols
and long guns, including self-stabilizing shaped or “finned” rounds. As consideration
for the Buys Portfolio, the Company paid Buys $100,000, and incurred $10,000 in legal
costs to transfer these patent rights. This consideration of $110,000 was capitalized
and represents the minimum rights to a license arrangement as patent rights as the Agreement
included an option for full acquisition of the rights, conditional upon certain future
events taking place. The Company also agreed to pay Buys either $500,000 in cash or $750,000
worth of Company stock within two years at Buys’ discretion, if the Company elected
to retain certain patents within the Buys Portfolio, which terms were changed by subsequent
amendment. Pursuant to an amendment of the Agreement effective December 18, 2019, the
Company made two additional payments to Buys totaling of $776,799, consisting of the
Second Payment of $696,799 through the issuance of 3,866,810 shares of common stock and
Final Payment of $80,000 cash. The Final Payment was paid during the quarter ended May
31, 2020. Buys no longer retains any reversion rights or security interests in the Buys
Portfolio. These patent rights have a maximum life of 20 years, expiring on various dates
beginning from November 2033 to 2038, and are amortized on a straight-line basis over
a period of 15 years. The Company amortized $32,436 and $3,666 in amortization expense
during the six months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company recognize
$16,218 and $1,833 in amortization expense during the three months ended May 31, 2020
and 2019, respectively. The Company did not recognize any impairment losses during the
three and six months ended May 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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