0001161697-13-000900.txt : 20131218 0001161697-13-000900.hdr.sgml : 20131218 20131218091042 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001161697-13-000900 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131213 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20131218 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131218 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VISUALANT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001074828 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829] IRS NUMBER: 911948357 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30262 FILM NUMBER: 131284045 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 UNION STREET STREET 2: SUITE 420 CITY: SEATTLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98101 BUSINESS PHONE: 206-903-1351 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 UNION STREET STREET 2: SUITE 420 CITY: SEATTLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98101 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Visualant, INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050106 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STARBERRYS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020918 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CIGAR KING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990127 8-K 1 form_8-k.htm FORM 8-K FOR 12-13-2013


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT


Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report: December 13, 2013


    VISUALANT, INCORPORATED    

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


    Nevada    

    0-25541    

    90-0273142    

(State or jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File No.)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


500 Union Street, Suite 420

Seattle, Washington 98101

                (206) 903-1351                

(Address of Registrant’s principal executive office and telephone number)



Section 8 – Other Events


Item 8.01 Other Events.


On December 18, 2013, Visualant, Inc. (the “Company”), a provider of disruptive light-based technologies, announced that it received its sixth patent on its ChromaID™ technology. The latest patent further validates the Company’s vision to introduce more efficient authentication, identification and diagnostic methods into the marketplace, and comes shortly after Visualant announced its strategic relationship with Intellectual Ventures.


Future devices embedded with ChromaID technology can read and record natural chromatic markers by structuring light onto a substance, through a liquid or gas, or off a surface. Once scanned, the technology captures the reflected light using a simple Photodiode array and creates a unique ChromaID profile. The ChromaID profile can be matched against existing databases to identify, detect, or diagnosis markers invisible to the human eye.


The patent issued by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks is US Patent No. 8,583,394 and is entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article To Facilitate Distributed Evaluation of Object Using Electromagnetic Energy.”


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)     Exhibits –


Exhibit No.

Description

 

 

99.1

Press Release of Visualant, Inc. dated December 18, 2013 related to the sixth patent award for the ChromaID™ technology.



SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Registrant: VISUALANT, INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mark Scott

 

 

Mark Scott, CFO


December 18, 2013


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 EX-99 2 ex_99-1.htm PRESS RELEASE DATED 12-18-2013

Exhibit 99.1


Visualant Awarded Sixth Patent for its ChromaID™ Technology


Latest patent further strengthens market opportunity for devices using ChromaID scanners
and extends the reach of Visualant’s IP


Seattle, WA. – December 18, 2013) Visualant, Inc. (OTCQB: VSUL) – a leading provider of disruptive light-based technologies, announced today that it received its sixth patent on its ChromaID™ technology. The latest patent further validates the Company’s vision to introduce more efficient authentication, identification and diagnostic methods into the marketplace, and comes shortly after Visualant announced its strategic relationship with Intellectual Ventures.


Future devices embedded with ChromaID technology can read and record natural chromatic markers by structuring light onto a substance, through a liquid or gas, or off a surface. Once scanned, the technology captures the reflected light using a simple Photodiode array and creates a unique ChromaID profile. The ChromaID profile can be matched against existing databases to identify, detect, or diagnosis markers invisible to the human eye.


The patent issued by the United States Office of Patents and Trademarks is US Patent No. 8,583,394 and is entitled “Method, Apparatus and Article To Facilitate Distributed Evaluation of Object Using Electromagnetic Energy.”


Ron Erickson, Visualant Founder and CEO, stated, “We rigorously pursue strong protection for our intellectual property. We are very pleased to receive this, our sixth patent.  I want to especially acknowledge our Visualant scientific team led by our CTO, Dr. Richard Mander along with Dr. Tom Furness and Dr. Brian Schowengerdt. We have more patents pending and expect more patents to be issued as we build the intellectual property foundation for Visualant’s business and move into the marketplace with diverse applications of our ChromaID technology. This is a process we are accelerating through our new strategic relationship with Intellectual Ventures.”


About Intellectual Ventures

Founded in 2000, Intellectual Ventures (IV) is the global leader in the business of invention. IV collaborates with leading inventors, partners with pioneering companies and invests both expertise and capital in the process of invention. IV’s mission is to energize and streamline an invention economy that will drive innovation around the world. For more information on IV, go to www.intellectualventures.com.


About Visualant, Inc.

Visualant™ is a public company whose shares trade under the stock symbol “VSUL.” The Visualant Spectral Pattern Matching™ (SPM) technology directs structured light onto a substance or material, through a liquid or gas, or off a surface, to capture a unique ChromaID™. A ChromaID can be used to identify, detect, or diagnosis markers invisible to the human eye. ChromaID scanner modules can be integrated into a variety of mobile or fixed-mount form factors. The patented, award-winning technology is disruptive, making it possible to effectively conduct analyses in the field that could only previously be performed by large and expensive lab-based tests. For more information on Visualant, visit the company’s new website at www.visualant.net.


Visualant Investor Contact:

Scott Liolios or Matt Glover

Liolios Group Investor Relations

Email   VSUL@liolios.com

Phone  +1 (949) 574-3860


Visualant Press Contacts:

Hal Bringman

Email   hal@nvpr.com

Desk    +1 (206) 299-0622 ext 801

Mobile +1 (310) 210-8011

Skype   halbringman


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