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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation - The accompanying financial statements have been prepared by the Company with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the financial statements.

 

Estimates

Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash equivalents

Cash equivalents – All highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2022 there were no cash equivalents.

 

Earnings per Share Information

Earnings per Share Information – Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 260 “Earnings Per Share” provides for calculation of “basic” and “diluted” earnings per share. Basic earnings per share includes no dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution of securities that could share in the earnings of an entity similar to fully diluted earnings per share.

 

Income Tax

Income Tax – Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. These assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse.

 

The Company has net operating loss carryforwards available to reduce future taxable income. Future tax benefits for these net operating loss carryforwards are recognized to the extent that realization of these benefits is considered more likely than not. To the extent that the Company will not realize a future tax benefit, a valuation allowance is established.

 

Long Lived Assets

Long Lived Assets – Assessing long-lived assets for impairment will require us to make assumptions and judgments regarding the carrying value of these assets. We will evaluate long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. The assets will be considered to be impaired if we determine that the carrying value may not be recoverable based upon our assessment of the following events or changes in circumstances:

 

 

If we believe our assets to be impaired, the impairment we will recognize will be the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Any write down will be treated as permanent reductions in the carrying amount of the asset and an operating loss would be recognized. In addition, we base the useful lives and related amortization or depreciation expense on our estimate of the useful lives of the assets. If a change were to occur in any of the above-mentioned factors or estimates, our reported results could materially change. There was no impairment at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

 

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets – Acquired intangible assets other than goodwill are amortized over their useful lives unless the lives are determined to be indefinite. Acquired intangible assets are carried at cost, less accumulated amortization. For intangible assets purchased in a business combination or received in a non-monetary exchange, the estimated fair values of the assets received (or, for non-monetary exchanged, the estimated fair values of the assets transferred if more clearly evident) are used to establish the cost basis, except when neither of the values of the assets received or the assets transferred in non-monetary exchanges are determinable within reasonable limits. Valuation techniques consistent with the market approach, income approach and/or cost approach are used to measure fair value. Amortization of finite-lived intangible assets is computed over the useful life of the respective assets.

 

Leases

Leases - In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 “Leases” which amended current lease accounting to require lessees to recognize (i) a lease liability, which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis, and (ii) a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. ASU 2016-02 does not significantly change lease accounting requirements applicable to lessors; however, certain changes were made to align, where necessary, lessor accounting with the lessee accounting model. Additional ASUs have been issued subsequent to ASU 2016-02 to provide supplementary clarification and implementation guidance for leases related to, among other things, the application of certain practical expedients, the rate implicit in the lease, lessee reassessment of lease classification, lessor reassessment of lease term and purchase options, variable payment that depend on an index or rate and certain transition adjustments.

 

The Company adopted the new standard on January 1, 2019, using the modified-retrospective method. The new standard provides a number of optional practical expedients in transition. The Company has elected the “package of practical expedients”, which permits it not to reassess under the new standard its prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. The Company did not elect the use-of-hindsight or the land easements practical expedients as this is not applicable to the Company. The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity’s ongoing accounting. The Company elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. This means that the Company does not recognize right-of-use assets or lease liabilities for leases with terms of 12 months or less. Certain leases of low-value assets are also not recognized.

 

The Company will recognize an operating lease asset and operating lease liability for each lease with a contractual term greater than 12 months at the time of lease inception. We will not record leases with an initial term of 12 months or less on our balance sheet but will continue to record rent expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

 

Operating lease assets and liabilities will be recognized at the lease commencement date, which is the date we control the use of the property. Operating lease liabilities represent the present value of lease payments not yet paid.

 

We made the policy election to combine lease and non-lease components. We will consider fixed CAM as part of our fixed future lease payments; therefore, fixed CAM, if any, will be included in our lease liability. To determine the present value of lease payments not yet paid, we will estimate incremental borrowing rates corresponding to the lease term including reasonably certain renewal periods. We will estimate this rate based on prevailing financial market conditions, credit analysis, and management judgment.

 

Total lease costs will include fixed operating lease costs, variable lease costs and short-term lease costs. Our real estate lease requires us to pay certain expenses, such as CAM costs and insurance, of which the fixed portion will be included in operating lease costs. We will recognize operating lease costs on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

Operating lease assets represent our right to use an underlying asset and will be based upon the operating lease liabilities adjusted for prepayments, initial direct costs, lease incentives, and impairment of operating lease assets.

 

For operating leases, operating lease assets will be reduced over the lease term by the recognized straight-line lease expense less the amount of accretion of the lease liability.

 

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property - Intellectual property assets primarily represent rights through patent assignments and are generally amortized on a straight-line basis over periods of benefit, ranging up to 17 years. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, the Company amortized $72,992 compared to $59,649 in the previous year, related to the value of its patent portfolio, acquired in 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2020 from an affiliate (see Note 5).

 

Accrued Research and Development Expenses

Accrued Research and Development Expenses – As part of the process of preparing our financial statements we are required to estimate our accrued expenses, including research and development expenses. This process involves reviewing quotations and contracts, identifying services that have been performed on our behalf and estimating the level of service performed and the associated cost incurred for the service when we have not yet been invoiced or otherwise notified of the actual cost. The majority of our service providers invoice us monthly in arrears for services performed or when contractual milestones are met. We make estimates of our accrued expenses as of each balance sheet date in our financial statements based on facts and circumstances known to us at the time. We periodically confirm the accuracy of our estimates with the service providers and make adjustments if necessary. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation, vary from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows in accruing service fees we estimate the time-period over which services will be performed and the level of effort to be expended in each period. If the actual timing of the performance of services or the level of effort varies from our estimate, we will adjust the accrual accordingly. If we do not identify costs that we have begun to incur or if we underestimate or overestimate the level of services performed or the cost of these services, our actual expenses could differ from our estimates. We do not anticipate the future settlement of existing accruals to differ materially from our estimates. Research and development expenses are expensed as incurred.

 

Stock-based Compensation

Stock-based Compensation - The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the provision of ASC 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation”. ASC 718 requires companies to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments, including stock options, based on the grant-date fair value of the award and to recognize it as compensation expense over the period the employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award, usually the vesting period.

 

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Fair value is an estimate of the exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants (i.e., the exit price at the measurement date). Fair value measurements are not adjusted for transaction cost. Fair value measurement under generally accepted accounting principles provides for use of a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels:

 

  Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
     
  Level 2: Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly, and reasonably available. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company.
     
  Level 3: Unobservable inputs reflect the assumptions that the Company develops based on available information about what market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. The Company does not have any assets or liabilities that are required to be measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable and debt are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between origination of such instruments and their expected realization and, if applicable, the stated rate of interest is equivalent to rates currently available.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company does not believe that any recently issued effective pronouncements, or pronouncements issued but not yet effective, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.