1. Basis of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Notes
1. Basis of Presentation	1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION The interim condensed consolidated financial information presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and notes hereto is unaudited. Competitive Technologies, Inc. ("CTTC") and its majority-owned (56.1%) subsidiary, Vector Vision, Inc. ("VVI"), (collectively, "we" or "us") provide patent and technology licensing and commercialization services throughout the world, with concentrations in the U.S., Europe and Asia, with respect to a broad range of life and physical sciences, electronics, and nanotechnologies originally invented by individuals, corporations and universities. On November 15, 2010, the Board of Directors of CTTC approved a fiscal year-end change from July 31 to December 31, in order to align its fiscal periods with the calendar year. We filed a Transitional Report on Form 10-Q for the two and five months ended December 31, 2010, and began a new fiscal year on January 1, 2011. CTTC now files its quarterly and annual reports for fiscal years ending December 31. CTTC’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 included separate audited financial statements for the five-month transitional period ended December 31, 2010. These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CTTC and VVI. Inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. We believe we made all adjustments necessary, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, to present the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. The results for the three months ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for the next full fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on April 16, 2012. Subsequent to September 30, 2012, the Company entered into an employment agreement with a new President and Chief Executive Officer, Carl O’Connell, effective November 1, 2012. The agreement was filed with the SEC on October 31, 2012. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we had a significant concentration of revenues from our Calmare^® pain therapy medical device. The percentages of gross revenue attributed to sales and rentals of Calmare^®devices were 93% and 86% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and 98% and 98% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. We continue to expand our sales activities for the Calmare^® device and expect the majority of our revenues to come from this technology for at least the next two fiscal years. However, we continue to seek revenue from new or existing technologies or products to mitigate the concentration of revenues, and replace revenues from expiring licenses and patents on other technologies. The Company incurred operating losses for the past six quarters, having produced marginal net income in the first quarter of 2011, after having incurred operating losses each quarter since fiscal 2006. The Company has taken steps to significantly reduce its operating expenses going forward and expects revenue from sales of Calmare^®medical devices to grow. However, even at the reduced spending levels, should the anticipated increase in revenue from sales of Calmare^®devices not occur the Company may not have sufficient cash flow to fund operating expenses beyond the first quarter of calendar 2013. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include adjustments to reflect the possible future effect of the recoverability and classification of assets or amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The Company's continuation as a going concern is dependent upon its developing recurring revenue streams sufficient to cover operating costs. The company does not have any significant individual cash or capital requirements in the budget going forward. If necessary, CTTC will meet anticipated operating cash requirements by further reducing costs, issuing debt and/or equity, and/or pursuing sales of certain assets and technologies while we pursue licensing and distribution opportunities for our remaining portfolio of technologies. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in such efforts. Failure to develop a recurring revenue stream sufficient to cover operating expenses would negatively affect the Company’s financial position. Our liquidity requirements arise principally from our working capital needs, including funds needed to sell our current technologies and obtain new technologies or products, and protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, if necessary. We fund our liquidity requirements with a combination of cash on hand, cash flows from operations, if any, including royalty legal awards, short term borrowing, and sales of common stock. During the fiscal 2011, the Company entered into a Factoring Agreement with Versant Funding, LLC ("Versant") to accelerate receivable collection and better manage cash flow. Under the Factoring Agreement the Company will sell to Versant certain of the Company's accounts receivables. For those accounts receivable the Company tenders to Versant and Versant chooses to purchase, Versant will advance 75% of the face value to the Company, and will submit a percentage of the remainder to the Company upon collection on the account. The percentage is based on the time it takes Versant to collect on the account. As part of the Factoring Agreement, the Company and Versant entered into a Security Agreement whereby the Company granted Versant a security interest in certain of the Company’s assets to secure the Company’s performance of the representations made with respect to the purchase of the accounts receivable. At September 30, 2012, no receivables were factored. Subsequent to September 30, 2012, the Company ended its Factoring Agreement with Versant and entered into a new Factoring Agreement with LSQ Funding. The new Factoring Agreement with LSQ Funding provides for an 85% advance of factored accounts, lower fees, a faster payout of both advances and balances due, and the possibility of over-advances. Sales of our Calmare^® pain therapy medical device continue to be the major source of revenue for the Company. The Company initially acquired the exclusive, worldwide rights to the "Scrambler Therapy^®" technology in 2007. The Company's agreement with Giuseppe Marineo, the inventor of "Scrambler Therapy" technology, and Delta Research and Development ("Delta"), authorizes CTTC to manufacture and sell worldwide the device developed from the patented "Scrambler Therapy" technology; the territorial rights were modified in the July 2012 amendment discussed below. The "Scrambler Therapy^®" technology is patented in Italy and applications for patents have been filed in the U.S. and internationally and are pending approval. The Calmare^® device has CE Mark certification from the European Union as well as U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance. In July 2012, the Company negotiated a five-year extension to the agreement with Professor Marineo and Delta. That agreement had provided an initial five-year term expiring March 30, 2016, which has been extended to March 30, 2021. The agreement with Professor Marineo and Delta enabled the Company to establish an agreement with GEOMC Co., Ltd. ("GEOMC", formerly Daeyang E & C Co., Ltd.) of Seoul, South Korea, to manufacture the Calmare^® pain therapy medical device, based on Prof. Marineo's "Scrambler Therapy^®" technology. The GEOMC agreement is for a period of ten (10) years, through 2017, and outlines each company's specific financial obligations. The Company has entered into a number of international distribution agreements, at one time covering nearly 40 countries. The Company conducted a review of its distribution partners during the five-month period ending December 31, 2010, leading to the termination of CTTC's agreement with Life Epistéme Group, srl ("LEG"). LEG had the distribution rights in 34 countries, but had not met its minimum obligations to CTTC, and the Company had no indication that LEG would meet its commitments in the foreseeable future. During the quarter ended March 31, 2011, CTTC negotiated a new distribution agreement with Life Episteme Italia ("LEI") for the countries of Italy and Malta. The distribution agreement with LEI contained quarterly and annual marketing and sales requirements which LEI must meet in order to retain continued exclusivity within LEI's territory. During 2011, CTTC contracted a new Managing Director for International Business Development, to take more active control of its international sales. CTTC currently has international distribution agreements covering 21 countries, with other distribution agreements in various stages of negotiation. In negotiating the extension of its Agreement with Marineo and Delta, which was signed in July 2012, the Company agreed to focus its sales and marketing programs for the Calmare device primarily in the Western Hemisphere including the USA, Canada, Mexico and the countries of Central and South America, as well as Australia and New Zealand. As opportunities arise for Calmare-related sales or distribution activities in countries outside the focus region, CTTC will coordinate with Professor Marineo who will be managing such activities for the mutual benefit of the partners. Professor Marineo will assume management responsibility for existing distribution agreements for countries outside the focus region of the USA, Canada, Mexico and the countries of Central and South America, as well as Australia and New Zealand, and the Company will retain a financial interest in those relationships. In 2010, the Company became its own distributor in the U.S, contracting with 15 commissioned sales representatives. During 2011, the Company and its representatives developed plans to increase awareness of the Calmare device among critical medical specialties and have begun to implement those plans targeting specific customers and locations in fiscal 2012. Over the past 18 months, the Company entered into several sales agreements for the Calmare^® device, including sales to U.S. government entities within the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Sales to these physicians and medical practices and to others with whom the Company had existing sales agreements are generating revenue for the Company. We earn revenue in two ways: retained royalties from licensing our clients' and our own technologies to our customer licensees, and sales of finished products. We record revenue when the terms of the sales arrangement are accepted by all parties including a fee that is fixed and determinable, delivery has occurred and our customer has taken title, and collectability is reasonably assured. In 2011 the Company took greater control of the sales process, worldwide. We are the primary obligor, responsible for delivering devices as well as for training our customers in the proper use of the device. We deal directly with customers, setting pricing and providing training; work directly with the inventor of the technology to develop specifications and any changes thereto and to select and contract with manufacturing partners; and retain significant credit risk for amounts billed to customers. Therefore, all product sales are recorded following a gross revenue methodology.

1. Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The interim condensed consolidated financial information presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and notes hereto is unaudited.

Competitive Technologies, Inc. ("CTTC") and its majority-owned (56.1%) subsidiary, Vector Vision, Inc. ("VVI"), (collectively, "we" or "us") provide patent and technology licensing and commercialization services throughout the world, with concentrations in the U.S., Europe and Asia, with respect to a broad range of life and physical sciences, electronics, and nanotechnologies originally invented by individuals, corporations and universities.

On November 15, 2010, the Board of Directors of CTTC approved a fiscal year-end change from July 31 to December 31, in order to align its fiscal periods with the calendar year. We filed a Transitional Report on Form 10-Q for the two and five months ended December 31, 2010, and began a new fiscal year on January 1, 2011. CTTC now files its quarterly and annual reports for fiscal years ending December 31. CTTC’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 included separate audited financial statements for the five-month transitional period ended December 31, 2010.

These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CTTC and VVI. Inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

We believe we made all adjustments necessary, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, to present the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. The results for the three months ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for the next full fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on April 16, 2012.

Subsequent to September 30, 2012, the Company entered into an employment agreement with a new President and Chief Executive Officer, Carl O’Connell, effective November 1, 2012. The agreement was filed with the SEC on October 31, 2012.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we had a significant concentration of revenues from our Calmare^® pain therapy medical device. The percentages of gross revenue attributed to sales and rentals of Calmare^®devices were 93% and 86% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and 98% and 98% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. We continue to expand our sales activities for the Calmare^® device and expect the majority of our revenues to come from this technology for at least the next two fiscal years. However, we continue to seek revenue from new or existing technologies or products to mitigate the concentration of revenues, and replace revenues from expiring licenses and patents on other technologies.

The Company incurred operating losses for the past six quarters, having produced marginal net income in the first quarter of 2011, after having incurred operating losses each quarter since fiscal 2006. The Company has taken steps to significantly reduce its operating expenses going forward and expects revenue from sales of Calmare^®medical devices to grow. However, even at the reduced spending levels, should the anticipated increase in revenue from sales of Calmare^®devices not occur the Company may not have sufficient cash flow to fund operating expenses beyond the first quarter of calendar 2013. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include adjustments to reflect the possible future effect of the recoverability and classification of assets or amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

The Company's continuation as a going concern is dependent upon its developing recurring revenue streams sufficient to cover operating costs. The company does not have any significant individual cash or capital requirements in the budget going forward. If necessary, CTTC will meet anticipated operating cash requirements by further reducing costs, issuing debt and/or equity, and/or pursuing sales of certain assets and technologies while we pursue licensing and distribution opportunities for our remaining portfolio of technologies. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in such efforts. Failure to develop a recurring revenue stream sufficient to cover operating expenses would negatively affect the Company’s financial position.

Our liquidity requirements arise principally from our working capital needs, including funds needed to sell our current technologies and obtain new technologies or products, and protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, if necessary. We fund our liquidity requirements with a combination of cash on hand, cash flows from operations, if any, including royalty legal awards, short term borrowing, and sales of common stock.

During the fiscal 2011, the Company entered into a Factoring Agreement with Versant Funding, LLC ("Versant") to accelerate receivable collection and better manage cash flow. Under the Factoring Agreement the Company will sell to Versant certain of the Company's accounts receivables. For those accounts receivable the Company tenders to Versant and Versant chooses to purchase, Versant will advance 75% of the face value to the Company, and will submit a percentage of the remainder to the Company upon collection on the account. The percentage is based on the time it takes Versant to collect on the account. As part of the Factoring Agreement, the Company and Versant entered into a Security Agreement whereby the Company granted Versant a security interest in certain of the Company’s assets to secure the Company’s performance of the representations made with respect to the purchase of the accounts receivable. At September 30, 2012, no receivables were factored. Subsequent to September 30, 2012, the Company ended its Factoring Agreement with Versant and entered into a new Factoring Agreement with LSQ Funding. The new Factoring Agreement with LSQ Funding provides for an 85% advance of factored accounts, lower fees, a faster payout of both advances and balances due, and the possibility of over-advances.

Sales of our Calmare^® pain therapy medical device continue to be the major source of revenue for the Company. The Company initially acquired the exclusive, worldwide rights to the "Scrambler Therapy^®" technology in 2007. The Company's agreement with Giuseppe Marineo, the inventor of "Scrambler Therapy" technology, and Delta Research and Development ("Delta"), authorizes CTTC to manufacture and sell worldwide the device developed from the patented "Scrambler Therapy" technology; the territorial rights were modified in the July 2012 amendment discussed below. The "Scrambler Therapy^®" technology is patented in Italy and applications for patents have been filed in the U.S. and internationally and are pending approval. The Calmare^® device has CE Mark certification from the European Union as well as U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance.

In July 2012, the Company negotiated a five-year extension to the agreement with Professor Marineo and Delta. That agreement had provided an initial five-year term expiring March 30, 2016, which has been extended to March 30, 2021.

The agreement with Professor Marineo and Delta enabled the Company to establish an agreement with GEOMC Co., Ltd. ("GEOMC", formerly Daeyang E & C Co., Ltd.) of Seoul, South Korea, to manufacture the Calmare^® pain therapy medical device, based on Prof. Marineo's "Scrambler Therapy^®" technology. The GEOMC agreement is for a period of ten (10) years, through 2017, and outlines each company's specific financial obligations.

The Company has entered into a number of international distribution agreements, at one time covering nearly 40 countries. The Company conducted a review of its distribution partners during the five-month period ending December 31, 2010, leading to the termination of CTTC's agreement with Life Epistéme Group, srl ("LEG"). LEG had the distribution rights in 34 countries, but had not met its minimum obligations to CTTC, and the Company had no indication that LEG would meet its commitments in the foreseeable future.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2011, CTTC negotiated a new distribution agreement with Life Episteme Italia ("LEI") for the countries of Italy and Malta. The distribution agreement with LEI contained quarterly and annual marketing and sales requirements which LEI must meet in order to retain continued exclusivity within LEI's territory.

During 2011, CTTC contracted a new Managing Director for International Business Development, to take more active control of its international sales. CTTC currently has international distribution agreements covering 21 countries, with other distribution agreements in various stages of negotiation. In negotiating the extension of its Agreement with Marineo and Delta, which was signed in July 2012, the Company agreed to focus its sales and marketing programs for the Calmare device primarily in the Western Hemisphere including the USA, Canada, Mexico and the countries of Central and South America, as well as Australia and New Zealand. As opportunities arise for Calmare-related sales or distribution activities in countries outside the focus region, CTTC will coordinate with Professor Marineo who will be managing such activities for the mutual benefit of the partners. Professor Marineo will assume management responsibility for existing distribution agreements for countries outside the focus region of the USA, Canada, Mexico and the countries of Central and South America, as well as Australia and New Zealand, and the Company will retain a financial interest in those relationships.

In 2010, the Company became its own distributor in the U.S, contracting with 15 commissioned sales representatives. During 2011, the Company and its representatives developed plans to increase awareness of the Calmare device among critical medical specialties and have begun to implement those plans targeting specific customers and locations in fiscal 2012.

Over the past 18 months, the Company entered into several sales agreements for the Calmare^® device, including sales to U.S. government entities within the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Sales to these physicians and medical practices and to others with whom the Company had existing sales agreements are generating revenue for the Company.

We earn revenue in two ways: retained royalties from licensing our clients' and our own technologies to our customer licensees, and sales of finished products. We record revenue when the terms of the sales arrangement are accepted by all parties including a fee that is fixed and determinable, delivery has occurred and our customer has taken title, and collectability is reasonably assured.

In 2011 the Company took greater control of the sales process, worldwide. We are the primary obligor, responsible for delivering devices as well as for training our customers in the proper use of the device. We deal directly with customers, setting pricing and providing training; work directly with the inventor of the technology to develop specifications and any changes thereto and to select and contract with manufacturing partners; and retain significant credit risk for amounts billed to customers. Therefore, all product sales are recorded following a gross revenue methodology.

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