Stock Options and Warrants

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Stock Options and Warrants

13.

Stock Options and Warrants

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively, the Company recorded non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $9,999, $31,396, $17,699, and $80,861, relating to employee stock options and warrants issued for consulting services.

Stock options and warrants issued to consultants and other non-employees as compensation for services provided to the Company are accounted for based on the fair value of the services provided or the estimated fair market value of the option or warrant, whichever is more reliably measurable in accordance with FASB ASC 505, Equity, and FASB ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. The related expense is recognized over the period the services are provided. Unrecognized expense remaining at September 30, 2017 and 2016 for the options is $24,705 and $73,697, respectively, and will be recognized through September 30, 2019.

A summary of the Company’s stock option plans as of September 30, 2017, and changes during the nine month period then ended is presented below:

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
	Number of Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options outstanding at December 31, 2016		3,365,500		$	0.20
Options granted		5,000			0.03
Options exercised		—			—
Options forfeited		(37,500	)		0.34
Options expired		(148,000	)		0.18
Options at end of period		3,185,000		$	0.20
Options exercisable at September 30, 2017		2,914,160		$	0.20

Changes in the Company’s nonvested options for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 are summarized as follows:

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
	Number of Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Nonvested options at December 31, 2016		560,840		$	0.16
Granted		5,000			0.03
Vested		258,333			0.16
Forfeited		(36,667	)		0.14
Nonvested options at September 30, 2017		270,840		$	0.15

	Options Outstanding						Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price	Number Outstanding		Remaining Average Contractual Life (In Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number Exercisable		Weighted Average Exercise Price
$0.04-$0.35		3,185,000		3.87	$	0.20		2,914,160	$	0.20
Totals		3,185,000		3.87	$	0.20		2,914,160	$	0.20

A summary of the Company’s warrant activity as of September 30, 2017 and changes during the nine month period then ended is presented below:

	Nine months ended September 30, 2017
	Weighted Average Exercise
	Warrants		Price
Warrants outstanding at December 31, 2016		1,315,340	$	0.24
Granted		—		—
Expired		325,178		0.35
Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2017		990,162	$	0.20

	Warrants Outstanding
Range of Exercise Price	Number Outstanding		Remaining Average Contractual Life (In Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price
$0.05-$0.35		990,162		2.17	$	0.20
Totals		990,162		2.17	$	0.20