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ACQUISITION OF METALLICUM, INC
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Business Combinations Two Abstract [Abstract]  
ACQUISITION OF METALLICUM, INC.
NOTE 9 – ACQUISITION OF METALLICUM, INC.
 
In June 2008, the Company completed the purchase of Metallicum, Inc., a privately held research and development company of nano-structured materials, by acquiring all of the outstanding capital stock of Metallicum, Inc. for a total purchase price of $305,000. Metallicum, Inc.’s results of operations have been included in the consolidated financial statements since the date of acquisition. As a result of the acquisition, the Company is expected to be a leading provider of nano-structured materials and uses of these materials.
 
The purchase price exceeded the fair values of the net assets acquired by $305,000, and this total amount was assigned to “License Agreements,” which are being amortized on the straight-line method over the estimated remaining lives of ten years.
 
In connection with the Metallicum acquisition, the Company has agreed to pay additional consideration in future periods, based upon the attainment by the acquired entity of defined operating objectives. In accordance with FASB ASC 805, the Company does not accrue contingent consideration obligations prior to the attainment of the objectives. At December 31, 2011, maximum potential future consideration pursuant to such arrangements, to be resolved over the following years, is the potential issuance of 15 million restricted shares of the Company’s common stock having a current approximate value of $750,000. Any such payments would result in increases in intangible assets.
 
The required milestones for the issuance of these contingent shares are as follows:
 
1.
Metallicum is granted an exclusive license by The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) on patent numbers U.S.7152448, U.S.6399215 and U.S. 6197129 related to nanostructured materials.
2.
Metallicum sells nanostructured titanium to a partner or customer company which manufactures and sells in the United States a nonostructured titanium product which receives, if required, FDA approval.
3.
Metallicum, with purchaser’s cooperation, develops and submits U.S. patent applications to protect the current titanium nanostructuring technology for dental implants and additional medical device applications
4.
Metallicum secures commercial contracts for, in purchaser’s reasonable good faith judgment, material sales of nanostructured metal with at least two customers.
 
Upon achieving milestones 1 and 2 Metallicum will receive 6,000,000 shares of common stock. Upon achieving each milestone 3, 4 and 5 Metallicum shareholders will receive 3,000,000 shares of common stock for each milestone reached. As of December 31, 2011, the Company has so far only achieved milestone 1.
 
License Rights
The Company purchased Metallicum to acquire its licensed rights to patented technology. The technology is comprised of three US Patents (US Patent numbers 7152448, 6197129 and 6399215) for which Metallicum (subsequently, Manhattan) had been assigned an exclusive license rights by Los Alamos National Security LLC (LANL). Under the license rights, Metallicum had all rights, title and interest throughout the world in and to any and all inventions, original works of authorship, developments, concepts, know-how, improvements on the patents or trade secrets whether or not patentable or registerable under copyright or similar laws.
 
Joint Venture
Metallicum has a joint venture agreement with Danlin Products Inc, (“Danlin”) and BASIC Dental Inc., (“BASIC”), Danlin and BASIC own patents to which Metallicum has right of use. Danlin and BASIC own machinery and equipment to which Metallicum has rights of use under the joint venture agreement. Metallicum, through its joint venture has co-developed and manufactured nano-titanium dental implants based upon Metallicum’s proprietary technology for nanostructuring metals and alloys. In January 2009, Danlin and BASIC received FDA approval to market the Company’s nano-titanium dental implants.
 
Metallicum will receive revenue from the transfer of nanostructured metal from Metallicum to Danlin equal to 10% of the revenue from the sales of BASIC dental implants that are made from the supplied nanostructured metal. As of December 31, 2011, Metallicum has received approximately $1,000 of income related to the sales of BASIC dental implants.
 
Revenue from sales of nanostructured titanium for all other purposes other than the implants will go to the joint venture to be paid to Metallicum.
 
Any techniques, know-how, improvements, or modification to the existing inventions, intellectual property and technologies that are developed by the joint venture will be the sole and exclusive property of Metallicum.