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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-KSB
 
(Mark One)
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission file number 000-20333
Nocopi Technologies, Inc.
(Name of small business issuer in its charter)
     
Maryland   87-0406496
     
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
9C Portland Road, West Conshohocken, PA   19428
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Issuer’s telephone number (610) 834-9600
Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
     
Title of each class   Name of each exchange on which registered
     
None   Not Applicable
     
 
     
Securities registered under section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common Stock $.01 par value
 
(Title of class)
 
(Title of class)
     Check whether the issues is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act o
     Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o.
     Check if no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B is contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) Yes o No þ
     State issuer’s revenues for its most recent fiscal year. $766,500.
     State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the issuer [computed by reference to the price at which the common equity of the registrant was last sold on March 15, 2007. $26,465,000
     (APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS)
     State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date. 51,686,811 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value at March 15, 2007.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None
     Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (Check one): Yes o No þ
 
 

 


 

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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Background
Nocopi Technologies, Inc. (hereinafter “Nocopi”, “Registrant” or the “Company”) was organized in 1983 to exploit a technology developed by its founders for impeding the reproduction of documents on office copiers. In its early stages of development, Nocopi’s business consisted primarily of selling copy resistant paper to protect corporate documents and information. More recently, Registrant has increasingly focused on developing and marketing technologies for document and product authentication which can reduce losses caused by fraudulent document reproduction or by product counterfeiting and/or diversion and, since 2003, on developing specialty reactive inks that it believes have applications in the large Educational and Toy market. Registrant derives revenues by licensing its technologies, both to end-users and to value-added resellers, and by selling products incorporating its technologies and technical support services.
The decline in Registrant’s financial condition since the late 1990’s has not stabilized or been reversed. By the end of 2002, the decline had led to a severe working capital deficiency and adverse liquidity that threatened and continues to threaten to require the imminent cessation of Registrant’s operations. During 2002, Registrant received new capital investments totaling $411,000 from a variety of sources including existing and new stockholders and received $160,400 in loans from three individuals including the Company’s Chairman of the Board. In 2003, Registrant received an additional $4,500 in demand loans from its Chairman of the Board. Registrant also repaid its Chairman of the Board $15,000 of the demand loans previously provided by him. During 2004, Registrant received new capital investments totaling $152,100 from three new stockholders and converted demand notes and accrued interest totaling $175,400 into 1,753,940 shares of Registrant’s common stock. During 2005, Registrant received $18,000, net of repayments, in demand loans including $3,000, net of repayments, from its Chairman of the Board. In 2006, Registrant received $173,100 in capital investment from five new stockholders and its Chairman of the Board and received demand and short-term loans of $81,000, net of repayments, including $34,000 from its Chairman of the Board and another director.
During 2003, Registrant settled its dispute with Euro-Nocopi, S.A., its former European licensee, relocated its operations to a smaller, lower cost facility after the termination of its lease at its former location and hired two former employees who have significant knowledge of the Registrant’s technologies and production methods. The $900,000 received in the arbitration settlement with Euro-Nocopi, S.A. and subsequent installments through March 2007 totaling $200,000 have permitted Registrant to continue in operation to the current date. It remains highly uncertain whether Registrant can achieve positive cash flow before its adverse liquidity forces it to cease or suspend operations. Registrant’s management is seeking additional capital, if possible, and may continue to explore possible business combination opportunities if such opportunities are presented. Additional capital is also needed to fund programs and activities designed to increase Registrant’s operating revenues to levels that will sustain its operations.
In late 2003, Registrant developed and began to market a new technology, named Rub-n-Color™, which consists of a system of removable dyes in a large variety of colors that can be activated through rubbing with a fingernail or a firm object. Registrant believes this technology has applications in children’s activity products such as a coloring book without crayons and in educational testing review products. Registrant demonstrated this technology to several potential licensees, participated in trade shows including the 2004 to 2007 American International Toy Fair in New York City and has received several industry awards. In late 2005, Registrant negotiated its first license for the use of this technology. This license terminated in 2006. In April 2006, Registrant signed multi-year license agreements with Giddy Up and Color Loco, two major established and leading children’s books publishers with proven track records of innovation and major channels of distribution. In October 2006, both Giddy Up and Color Loco became wholly owned by privately-held Elmers Products, Inc., an industry leader in adhesives, arts and crafts and educational products. Products incorporating Registrant’s technologies, including Rub-n-Color™ activity books and kits have been on sale in leading retail outlets since January 2007 and have received coverage in the press and on television. In February 2007, Registrant entered into a multi-year license agreement with Elmers Products, Inc. whereby Registrant’s technologies will be incorporated into products sold under the Elmers brand. Management of

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the Company believes that the relationship with Elmers offers significant opportunities to further increase revenues in the Educational and Toy Products markets and improve the Company’s overall financial position.
There can be no assurances that these initiatives and business relationships will generate additional operating revenues sufficient to allow Registrant to sustain its operations.
Entertainment and Toy Products
As mentioned above, in late 2003, after the re-employment of two former members of the Registrant’s technical staff, a new technology was developed that consists of removable dyes that can be produced in a variety of colors and can be revealed by rubbing with a fingernail or other firm object such as a plastic pen cap. This technology has been named Rub-n-Color™. Registrant believes that this new technology does not compromise the confidentiality of its security and authentication technologies. Applications include children’s activity products such as a coloring book without crayons or a restaurant place mat, educational instruction books and testing review manuals. Registrant has obtained certifications of non-toxicity from the Consumer Products Services, Inc. and the American Society for Testing and Materials laboratories. In February 2004, Registrant inaugurated its marketing efforts for this new technology at the American International Toy Fair in New York City and it attended the Toy Fair again in February 2005, 2006 and 2007. During 2004, Registrant received awards from Creative Child Magazine and Spectrum Magazine for its rub-it and Color Activity Book. As a result of its participation and marketing activities, Registrant has identified a number of potential licensees in the children’s and educational markets. During 2005, Registrant negotiated a license agreement with a publisher of children’s coloring and activity books to utilize Registrant’s inks in its products. This license terminated in 2006. In April 2006, Registrant signed multi-year license agreements with Giddy Up and Color Loco, two major established and leading children’s books publishers with proven track records of innovation and major channels of distribution. In October 2006, both Giddy Up and Color Loco became wholly owned by privately-held Elmers Products, Inc., an industry leader in adhesives, arts and crafts and educational products. During 2006, revenues associated with these two licensees accounted for nearly half of Registrant’s 2006 revenues. Products incorporating Registrant’s technologies, including Rub-n-Color™ activity books and kits have been on sale in leading retail outlets since January 2007 and have received coverage in the press and on television. In February 2007, Registrant entered into a multi-year license agreement with Elmers Products, Inc. whereby Registrant’s technologies will be incorporated into products sold under the Elmers brand. In March 2007, Registrant received initial ink orders from Elmer’s. There are no assurances that the resources that Registrant, even with additional investment, can devote to marketing and further technical development of this new product line will be sufficient to increase the Company’s revenues to levels resulting in positive cash flow.
Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Diversion Technologies and Products
Continuing developments in copying and printing technologies have made it ever easier to counterfeit a wide variety of documents. Lottery tickets, gift certificates, event and transportation tickets, travelers’ checks and the like are all susceptible to counterfeiting, and Registrant believes that losses from such counterfeiting have increased substantially with improvements in the copying and printing technologies. Product counterfeiting has long caused losses to manufacturers of brand name products, and Registrant believes these losses have also increased as the counterfeiting of labeling and packaging has become easier.
Registrant’s proprietary document authentication technologies are useful to businesses desiring to authenticate a wide variety of printed materials and products. These include a technology with the ability to print invisibly on certain areas of a document. The invisible printing can be activated or revealed by use of a special highlighter pen when authentication is required. This technology is marketed under the trademark COPIMARKä. Other variations of the COPIMARKä technology involve multiple color responses from a common pen, visible marks of one color that turn another color with the pen or visible and invisible marks that turn into a multicolored image. A related technology is Nocopi’s RUB & REVEALâ system, which permits the invisible printing of an authenticating symbol or code that can be revealed by rubbing a fingernail over the printed area. These technologies provide users with the ability to authenticate documents and detect counterfeit documents. Applications include the authentication of documents having intrinsic value, such as merchandise receipts, checks, travelers’ checks, gift certificates and event tickets, and the authentication of product labeling and packaging. When applied to product labels and packaging, such technologies can be used to detect counterfeit products whose labels and packaging would not contain the authenticating marks invisibly printed on the packaging or labels of the legitimate product, as well as to combat

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product diversion (i.e. sale of legitimate products through unauthorized distribution channels or in unauthorized markets). Registrant’s related invisible inkjet technology permits manufacturers and distributors to track the movement of products from production to ultimate consumption when coupled with proprietary software. Management believes that the “track and trace” capability provided by this technology should be attractive to brand owners and marketers. Registrant continues to pursue opportunities for its patented anti-counterfeiting and anti-diversion technologies as a potential solution to counterfeit and diverted pharmaceutical products; however this market incentive has not developed revenues.
Document Security Products
Registrant continues to offer a line of burgundy colored papers that deter photocopying and transmission by facsimile. This colored paper inhibits photocopier reproduction at the cost of loss of easy legibility to the reader. Registrant currently offers its copy resistant papers in three grades, each balancing improved copy resistance against diminished legibility. Registrant also sells user defined, pre-printed forms on which selected areas are colored to inhibit reproduction. An example is a doctor’s prescription form with the signature area protected. This product line is called SELECTIVE NOCOPIä. Registrant also offers several inks that impede photocopying by color copiers. This technology is called COLORBLOCâ.
Since late 1999, Registrant has, in addition to marketing its own technologies and products, acted as a distributor for a line of Pantograph security paper. This patented product, complementary to the Registrant’s line of security paper, produces a message, such as “unauthorized copy”, when a copy of an original document that was printed or typed on the Pantograph paper, is reproduced on a photocopier. This product line is called COPI-ALERT.
The following table illustrates the approximate percentage of Registrant’s revenues accounted for by each type of its products for each of the two last fiscal years:
                 
    Year Ended December 31,
Product Type   2006   2005
Entertainment and Toy Products
    48 %     1 %
Anti-Counterfeiting & Anti-Diversion Technologies and Products
    42 %     86 %
Document Security Products
    10 %     13 %
Marketing
The marketing approach of Registrant is to offer sufficient flexibility in its products and technologies so as to provide cost effective solutions to a wide variety of counterfeiting, diversion and copier fraud problems. As a technology company, Registrant generates revenues primarily by collecting license fees from market-specific manufacturers who incorporate Registrant’s technologies into their manufacturing process and their products. Registrant also licenses its technologies directly to end-users.
Registrant has identified a number of major markets for its technologies and products, including security printers, manufacturers of labels, packaging materials and specialty paper products and distributors of brand name products. Within each market, key potential users have been identified, and several have been licensed. Within North America, sales efforts include direct selling by Company personnel to create end user demand and selling through licensee sales forces and sales agents with support from company personnel. Registrant has determined that technical sales support by its personnel is of great importance to increasing its licensees’ sales of products incorporating Registrant’s technologies and, therefore, seeks to maintain, to the extent permitted by its limited resources, its commitment to providing such support.
Since 1999, Registrant’s management has refocused the Company’s marketing efforts somewhat in view of the limited resources available to the Company for marketing and the need to improve the Registrant’s cash flow. Current marketing efforts are focused on Registrant’s more mature technologies that can be utilized by customers with relatively less development efforts.

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As continued improvements in color copier and desktop publishing technology make counterfeiting and fraud opportunities less expensive and more available, Registrant intends, to the extent feasible, to maintain an interactive product development and enhancement program with the combined efforts of marketing, applications engineering and research and development. Registrant’s objective is to concentrate its efforts on developing market-ready products with the most beneficial ratios of market potential to development time and cost.
Except in Europe, Registrant markets its technologies through its own employees and through independent sales representatives. In Europe, its security technologies are marketed by Contrast Technologies (formerly Euro-Nocopi, S.A.), a former affiliate of Registrant which holds certain European marketing rights with respect to those technologies.
Registrant is presently considering a number of marketing strategies for its newly developed “Rub-n-Color” product line including licensing and direct sales through product retailers.
Registrant has taken several steps to improve the marketing of its technologies. These include the implementation of a new web site and online store designed both to more effectively promote the Company’s products and to provide for smoother online ordering of certain products.
Major Customers
During 2006, Registrant made sales or obtained revenues equal to 10% or more of Registrant’s 2006 total revenues from three non-affiliated customers who individually accounted for approximately 27%, 26% and 12%, respectively, of 2006 revenues.
Manufacturing
Registrant has a small facility for the manufacture of its security inks. Except for this facility, Registrant does not maintain manufacturing facilities. Registrant presently subcontracts the manufacture of its applications (mainly printing and coating) to third party manufacturers and expects to continue such subcontracting. Because some of the processes that Nocopi uses in its applications are based on relatively common manufacturing technologies, there appears to be no technical or economic reason for Registrant to invest capital in its own manufacturing facilities.
Registrant has established a quality control program that currently entails laboratory analysis of developed technologies. When warranted, Registrant’s specially trained technicians travel to third party production facilities to install equipment, train client staff and monitor the manufacturing process.
Patents
Nocopi has received various patents and/or has patents pending in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. Patent applications for Registrant’s technology (including improvements in the technology) have also been filed in numerous other jurisdictions where commercial usage is foreseen, including other countries in Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, and the rights under such applications have been assigned to Registrant. Registrant’s patent counsel, which conducted the appropriate searches in Canada and the United States, has reviewed the results of searches conducted in Europe and advised management that effective patent protection for Registrant’s technology should be obtainable in all countries in which the patent applications have been filed. There can be no assurance, however, that such protection will be obtained. Registrant currently has obtained patent protection on substantially all its security inks including the RUB & REVEALâ system and has patents pending on the newly marketed Rub-n-Color technology. Patents on Registrant’s line of burgundy colored papers, presently a minor portion of Registrant’s product line, have expired.
When a new product or process is developed, the developer may seek to preserve for itself the economic benefit of the product or process by applying for a patent in each jurisdiction in which the product or process is likely to be exploited. Generally speaking, in order for a patent to be granted, the product or process must be new and be

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inventively different from what has been previously patented or otherwise known anywhere in the world. Patents generally have a duration of 17 years from the date of grant or 20 years from the date of application depending on the jurisdiction concerned, after which time any person is free to exploit the product or process covered by a patent. A person who is the owner of a patent has, within the jurisdiction in which the patent is granted, the exclusive right to exploit the patent either directly or through licensees, and is entitled to prevent any person from infringing on the patent.
The granting of a patent does not prevent a third party from seeking a judicial determination that the patent is invalid. Such challenges to the validity of a patent are not uncommon and are occasionally successful. There can be no assurance that a challenge will not be filed to one or more of Registrant’s patents and that, if filed, such challenge(s) will not be successful.
In the United States and some other countries, patent applications are automatically published at a specified time after filing.
Nocopi is required to pay annuities from time to time on patents to keep them in force and makes an annual evaluation of which patents it continues to maintain. In Europe, the territory of Contrast Technologies (formerly Euro-Nocopi, S.A.), annuities for European patents are paid by Contrast.
Research and Development
Nocopi has been involved in research and development since its inception. Although Registrant’s deteriorating financial condition has forced it to reduce funding for research and development in recent years, it intends to continue its research and development activities in three areas, to the extent feasible. First, Registrant will seek to continue to refine its present family of products. Second, Registrant will seek to develop specific customer applications. Finally, Registrant will seek to expand its technology into new areas of implementation. There can be no assurances that Registrant will be able to obtain funds necessary to continue its research and development activities.
During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Nocopi expended approximately $145,400 and $145,900 respectively, on research and development.
Competition
In the area of document and product authentication and serialization, Registrant is aware of other technologies, both covert and overt surface marking techniques, requiring decoding implements or analytical methods to reveal the relevant information. These technologies are offered by other companies for the same anti-counterfeiting and anti-diversion purposes the Registrant markets its covert technologies. These include, among others, biological DNA codes, microtaggants, thermochronic, UV and infrared inks as well as encryption, 2D symbology and laser engraving. Registrant believes its patented and proprietary technologies provide a unique and cost-effective solution to the problem of counterfeiting and gray marketing in the document and product authentication markets it has traditionally sought to exploit.
Registrant is not aware of any competitors that market paper which functions in the same way as Nocopi security papers, although management is aware of a limited number of competitors which are attempting different approaches to the same problems which Registrant’s products address. Registrant is aware of a Japanese company that has developed a film overlay that is advertised as providing protection from photocopying. Registrant has examined the film overlay and believes that it has a limited number of applications. Nocopi security paper is also considerably less expensive than the film overlay.
Other indirect competitors are marketing products utilizing the hologram and copy void technologies. The hologram, which has been incorporated into credit cards to foil counterfeiting, is considerably more costly than Registrant’s technology. Copy void is a security device that has been developed to indicate whether a document has been photocopied. Registrant also markets a product that has similar features to the copy void technology.
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financial resources and presence in these markets than Registrant.
Registrant currently has extremely limited resources, and there can be no assurance that other businesses with greater resources than Registrant will not enter Registrant’s markets and compete successfully with Registrant.
Contrast Technologies (formerly Euro-Nocopi, S.A.)
Contrast Technologies (formerly Euro-Nocopi, S.A.) is a former affiliate of Registrant which, since June 2003, has held a perpetual royalty-free license to exploit Registrant’s technologies in Europe.
Employees
At March 15, 2007, Registrant had three full-time and two part-time employees. Registrant believes that its relations with its employees are good.
Financial Information about Foreign and Domestic Operations
Registrant conducts its operations solely in the United States; however, it does have licensees in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. These licensees accounted for approximately 37% of Registrant’s gross revenues in 2006 and approximately 3% in 2005. Certain information concerning Registrant’s foreign and domestic operations is contained in Note 9 to Registrant’s Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB.
ITEM 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
Registrant’s corporate headquarters, research and ink production facilities are located at 9C Portland Road, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428. Its telephone number is (610) 834-9600. These premises consist of approximately 5,000 square feet of space in a multi-tenant building leased by the Registrant from an unaffiliated third party pursuant to a lease expiring in March 2008. Current monthly rent under this lease is $3,164 escalating four percent on each anniversary date of the lease. Registrant is also responsible for its pro-rata share of the operating costs of the building. Registrant incurred leasehold improvement expenditures of approximately $70,000 through December 31, 2006 and believes that additional leasehold improvement expenditures will not be significant. Registrant believes that this space will be adequate for its current needs and that additional space will be available as needed.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Registrant is not aware of any material pending litigation (other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to its business where, in management’s view, the amount involved is less than 10% of Registrant’s current assets) to which Registrant is or may be a party, or to which any of its properties is or may be subject, nor is it aware of any pending or contemplated proceedings against it by any governmental authority. Registrant knows of no material legal proceedings pending or threatened, or judgments entered against, any director or officer of Registrant in his capacity as such.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, no matters were submitted to a vote of Registrant’s security holders.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND SMALL BUSINESS ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Registrant’s Common Stock is traded on the over-the-counter market and quoted on the NASD over-the-counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “NNUP”. The table below presents the range of high and low bid quotations of Registrant’s Common Stock by calendar quarter for the last two full fiscal years and for a recent date, as reported by

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Pink Sheets LLC. The quotations represent prices between dealers and do not include retail markup, markdown, or commissions; hence, such quotations do not represent actual transactions.
                 
    High Bid   Low Bid
January 1, 2005 to March 31, 2005
  $ .13     $ .11  
April 1, 2005 to June 30, 2005
  $ .13     $ .07  
July 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005
  $ .11     $ .07  
October 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005
  $ .14     $ .08  
 
               
January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2006
  $ .29     $ .08  
April 1, 2006 to June 30, 2006
  $ .26     $ .17  
July 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006
  $ .35     $ .17  
October 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006
  $ .64     $ .27  
 
               
January 1, 2007 to March 15, 2007
  $ .87     $ .45  
As of March 15, 2007, 51,686,811 shares of Registrant’s Common Stock were outstanding. The number of holders of record of Registrant’s Common Stock was approximately 600. However, Registrant estimates that it has a significantly greater number of Common Stockholders because a number of shares of Registrant’s Common Stock are held of record by broker-dealers for their customers in street name. In addition to the 51,686,811 shares of Common Stock which are outstanding, Registrant, at March 15, 2007, has reserved for issuance 2,632,000 shares of its Common Stock which underlie options and warrants to purchase Common Stock of the Registrant.
The Company did not pay dividends in 2006 or 2005 and does not anticipate paying any such dividends in the foreseeable future. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and will be dependent upon the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During February 2006, Registrant sold 164,474 shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to a pension plan controlled by an affiliate of the Registrant for $25,000, or approximately $.15 per share, and during March 2006, sold an aggregate of 384,078 shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to two individual investors (who were acquainted with a member of Registrant’s Board of Directors) for $55,000, or approximately $.14 per share, in private transactions exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. No underwriters were involved in the transactions or received any commissions or other compensation. During August 2006, the Company sold 250,000 shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, to an individual investor (who was acquainted with a member of Registrant’s Board of Directors) for $43,125, or $0.1725 per share, and during September 2006, sold an aggregate of 289,856 shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, to two individual investors (who were acquainted with a member of Registrant’s Board of Directors) for $50,000, or $0.1725 per share, in private transactions exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. No underwriters were involved in these transactions or received any commissions or other compensation. Proceeds of the sales were used to fund the Company’s working capital requirements.
Issuer Repurchases Of Equity Securities
None
ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
Forward-Looking Information
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and analysis contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Company’s actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of this Item 6 and elsewhere in this Form 10-KSB.
This Form 10-KSB contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Those statements are therefore entitled to the protection of the safe harbor provisions of these laws. These forward-looking statements, which are usually accompanied by words such as ‘‘may,’’ ‘‘might,’’ ‘‘will,’’ ‘‘should,’’ ‘‘could,’’ ‘‘intends,’’ ‘‘estimates,’’ ‘‘predicts,’’ ‘‘potential,’’ ‘‘continue,’’ ‘‘believes,’’ ‘‘anticipates,’’ ‘‘plans,’’ ‘‘expects’’ and similar expressions, involve risks and uncertainties, and relate to, without limitation, statements about the Company’s market opportunities, strategy, competition, projected revenue and expense levels and the adequacy of the Company’s available cash resources. This Form 10-KSB also contains forward-looking statements attributed to third parties. These statements are only predictions based on current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed in ‘‘Risk Factors.’’
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, no assurance can be given that such expectations will be attained or that any deviations will not be material. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this report may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revision to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Results of Operations
The Company’s revenues are derived from royalties paid by licensees of the Company’s technologies, fees for the provision of technical services to licensees and from the direct sale of products incorporating the Company’s technologies, such as inks, security paper and pressure sensitive labels, and equipment used to support the application of the Company’s technologies, such as ink-jet printing systems. Royalties consist of guaranteed minimum royalties payable by the Company’s licensees in certain cases and additional royalties which typically vary with the licensee’s sales or production of products incorporating the licensed technology. Service fee and sales revenues vary directly with the number of units of service or product provided.
     The Company recognizes revenue on its lines of business as follows:
          a) License fees and royalties are recognized when the license term begins. Upon inception of the license term, revenue is recognized in a manner consistent with the nature of the transaction and the earnings process, which generally is ratably over the license term;
          b) Product sales are recognized upon shipment of products, when the price is fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured; and
          c) Fees for technical services are recognized when (i) the service has been rendered; (ii) an arrangement exists; (iii) the price is fixed or determinable based upon a per diem or hourly rate; and (iv) collectibility is reasonably assured.
While the Company’s fixed costs have been reduced as a result of its relocation to a new location in 2003 and because the Company believes that further fixed cost reductions may not be achievable, its operating results are substantially dependent on revenue levels. Because revenues derived from licenses and royalties carry a much higher gross profit margin than other revenues, operating results are also substantially affected by changes in revenue mix.

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Both the absolute amounts of the Company’s revenues and the mix among the various sources of revenue are subject to substantial fluctuation. The Company has a relatively small number of substantial customers rather than a large number of small customers. Accordingly, changes in the revenue received from a significant customer can have a substantial effect on the Company’s total revenue and on its revenue mix and overall financial performance. Such changes may result from a customer’s product development delays, engineering changes, changes in product marketing strategies and the like. In addition, certain customers have, from time to time, sought to renegotiate certain provisions of their license agreements and, when the Company agrees to revise terms, revenues from the customer may be affected.
Revenues for 2006 were $766,500, an increase of approximately 45%, or $238,200, from $528,300 in 2005. Licenses, royalties and fees decreased in 2006 by approximately 3% to $298,100 from $307,400 in 2005. The decrease in licenses, royalties and fees is due primarily to the non-renewal of license arrangements with one licensee during late 2005 offset in part by the inception of a license arrangement with a new licensee in the Entertainment and Toy Products Market in early 2006. Product and other sales increased by $247,500, or approximately 112% to $468,400 in 2006 from $220,900 in 2005. The increase in product sales reflects higher sales of inks and higher sales of the Company’s line of security papers during 2006 compared to 2005. During the second quarter of 2006, the Company signed a multi-year licensing agreement, having guaranteed minimum royalties, with a leading children’s consumer products company and generated approximately $270,000 in product sales from this licensee and its printers in 2006. The Company believes that product sales to this licensee will grow in future periods. The Company is actively seeking to develop additional applications for the Entertainment and Toy Products Market.
Gross profit increased to $385,000 or approximately 50% of revenues in 2006 from $321,400 or approximately 61% of revenues in 2005. Licenses, royalties and fees have historically carried a higher gross profit than product sales, which generally consist of supplies or other manufactured products which incorporate the Company’s technologies or equipment used to support the application of its technologies. These items (except for inks which are manufactured by the Company) are generally purchased from third-party vendors and resold to the end-user or licensee and carry a lower gross profit than licenses, royalties and fees. The lower gross profit in 2006 compared to 2005, expressed as a percentage of revenues, resulted principally from a higher percentage of gross revenues derived from product sales compared to licenses, royalties and fees.
Research and development expenses of $145,400 in 2006 approximated the 2005 expenses of $145,900.
Sales and marketing expenses increased to $146,400 in 2006 from $109,600 in 2005. The increase in 2006 compared to 2005 reflects higher commission and travel expenses offset in part by lower sales promotion and business show expense.
General and administrative expenses (exclusive of legal expenses) increased to $232,700 in 2006 from $200,100 in 2005. The increase is due primarily to $48,000 in expenses recorded in the during 2006 in connection with the issuance of 400,000 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to the four members of the Company’s Board of Directors in April 2006. During 2005, 300,000 options were issued to three members of the Company’s Board of Directors and $17,000 in expense was recorded. The Company’s patent acquisition and maintenance expenses declined in 2006 compared to 2005.
Legal expenses decreased to $36,300 in 2006 from $79,600 in 2005 resulting from a lower level of legal counseling required by the Company in 2006 compared to 2005.
Other income (expense) increased in 2006 compared to 2005 as interest expense was incurred on loans received in the latter half of 2005 and in 2006 and, in 2006, amortization of financing costs associated with the issuance of warrants was incurred.
The net loss of $190,100 in 2006 compared to $215,900 in 2005 was due primarily to higher gross profits due to increasing revenue levels and lower legal expenses offset in part by compensation expense associated with the issuance of stock options to Directors and higher commission expense.

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Plan of Operation, Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents increased to $53,100 at December 31, 2006 from $4,300 at December 31, 2005. During 2006, the Company received $173,100 through the sale of 1,088,408 shares of its common stock, received loans of $91,000 and used $5,200 for capital purchases, repaid $10,000 of the loans and used $200,100 to fund operations, including an increase in accounts receivable and inventory related to its increased level of revenues.
The continued loss of a number of customers during the past four years have had a material adverse effect on the Company’s revenues and results of operations and upon its liquidity and capital resources. During 2006, the Company raised $173,100 in a valid private placement exempt from registration under section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended whereby 923,934 shares of the Company’s common stock were sold to five non-affiliated individual investors and 164,474 shares were sold to a pension plan controlled by the Company’s Chairman of the Board. See Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds included elsewhere in this report. Additionally, two Board members, one of whom is the Company’s Chairman, provided demand loans totaling $34,000 during 2006 and during the third quarter of 2006, the Company received short-term loans totaling $57,000 from four individuals. In December 2006, $10,000 of principal was repaid to one of the non-affiliated individual lenders. The investments and loans, combined with the final installment payment of $50,000 in accordance with the settlement agreement of its arbitration with Euro-Nocopi, S. A., have permitted the Company to continue in operation to the current date. Management of the Company believes that it will need to obtain, and it is actively seeking, additional capital in the immediate future both to fund investments needed further increase its operating revenues, to support the working capital requirements associated with these revenues, to reduce debts owed to vendors and professional service providers and to fund operating losses that it believes will continue for at least a portion of 2007. There can be no assurances that the Company will be successful in obtaining sufficient additional capital, or if it does, that the additional capital will enable the Company to improve its business so as to have a material positive effect on the Company’s operations and cash flow. The Company believes that without additional investment, it may be forced to cease operations at an undetermined future date.
The Company, in response to the ongoing adverse liquidity situation, has maintained a cost containment program including staff reductions and curtailment of discretionary research and development and sales and marketing expenses, where possible.
The Company’s plan of operations for the twelve months beginning with the date of this annual report consists of raising sufficient capital immediately, in the form of debt, equity or both to allow it to continue in operation and to capitalize on the specific business relationships it has recently developed in the Entertainment and Toy Products business through ongoing applications development for these licensees. The Company believes that these opportunities can provide increases in revenues and does not currently plan any significant increase in employment but will invest in capital equipment needed to support the anticipated ink production requirements.
Risk Factors
Our operating results, financial condition and stock price are subject to certain risks, some of which are beyond our control. These risks could cause our actual operating and financial results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward looking statements, including the risks described below and the risks identified in other documents which are filed and furnished with the SEC:
Inability to Continue in Operation Without New Capital Investment. We had a negative working capital of $532,600 at December 31, 2006. Additionally, we experienced negative cash flow from operations of $200,100 in the year ended December 31, 2006. Our management believes that while ongoing cost containment measures combined with revenue increases associated with new licensees will reduce our negative cash flow, we will need to obtain additional capital in the future both to fund investments needed to support the ongoing increase and to provide additional working capital requirements associated with these revenues. There can be no assurances that we will be successful in obtaining sufficient additional capital, or if we do obtain additional capital, that the additional capital will enable us to improve our business so as to have a material positive effect on our operations and cash flow. We believe that without additional investment, we may be forced to cease operations at an undetermined future date. It is uncertain whether our assets will retain any value if we cease operations. There are no assurances that we will be

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able to secure additional equity investment before we may be forced to cease operations.
Possible Inability to Develop New Business. Even if we are able to raise cash through additional capital investment or otherwise, we must quickly improve our operating cash flow. Because we have already significantly reduced our operating expenses, our management believes that any significant improvement in our cash flow must result from increases in our revenues from traditional sources and from new revenue sources. Our ability to develop new revenues may depend on the extent of both our marketing activities and our research and development activities, both of which are limited. There are no assurances that the resources, even with additional investment, that we can devote to marketing and to research and development will be sufficient to increase our revenues to levels resulting in positive cash flow.
Inability to Obtain Raw Materials and Products for Resale. Our adverse financial condition has required us to significantly defer payments due vendors who supply raw materials and other components of our security inks and security paper that we purchase for resale and professional and other services. As a result, we are required to pay cash in advance of shipment to certain of our suppliers. Delays in shipments to customers caused by our inability to obtain materials on a timely basis and the possibility that certain current vendors may permanently discontinue to supply us with needed products could impact our ability to service our customers and adversely affect our customer and licensee relationships. While receipt of funds in conjunction with the settlement of the arbitration with Euro-Nocopi, S.A., short-term loans and sales of shares of our common stock in 2006 have allowed us to continue in operation to the current date, there can be no assurances that we will be able to maintain our vendor relationships in an acceptable manner.
Uneven Pattern of Quarterly and Annual Operating Results. Our revenues, which are derived primarily from licensing and royalties, are difficult to forecast due to the long sales cycle of our technologies, the potential for customer delay or deferral of implementation of our technologies, the size and timing of inception of individual license agreements, the success of our licensees and strategic partners in exploiting the market for the licensed products, modifications of customer budgets, and uneven patterns of royalty revenue and product orders. As our revenue base is not substantial, delays in finalizing license contracts, implementing the technology to initiate the revenue stream and customer ordering decisions can have a material adverse effect on our quarterly and annual revenue expectations and, as our operating expenses are substantially fixed, income expectations will be subject to a similar adverse outcome. As licensees for the entertainment and toy products are added, the unpredictability of our revenue stream may be further impacted.
Volatility of Stock Price. The market price for our common stock has historically experienced significant fluctuations and may continue to do so. We have, since our inception, operated at a loss and have not produced revenue levels traditionally associated with publicly traded companies. Our common stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange and, consequently, we receive limited publicity regarding our business achievements and prospects, nor do securities analysts and traders extensively follow our stock and our stock is also thinly traded. Our market price may be affected by announcements of new relationships or modifications to existing relationships. The stock prices of many developing public companies, particularly those with small capitalizations, have experienced wide fluctuations not necessarily related to operating performance. Such fluctuations may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
Intellectual Property. We rely on a combination of protections provided under applicable international patent, trademark and trade secret laws. We also rely on confidentiality, non-analysis and licensing agreements to establish and protect our rights in our proprietary technologies. While we actively attempt to protect these rights, our technologies could possibly be compromised through reverse engineering or other means. In addition, our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights through appropriate legal action has been and will continue to be limited by our adverse liquidity. There can be no assurances that we will be able to protect the basis of our technologies from discovery by unauthorized third parties or to preclude unauthorized persons from conducting activities that infringe on our rights. Our adverse liquidity situation has also impacted our ability to obtain patent protection on our intellectual property and to maintain protection on previously issued patents. We have been advised by our patent counsel that patent maintenance fees approximating $800 will be due during 2007 and we have made these payments. There can be no assurances that we will be able to continue to prosecute new patents and maintain issued patents. As a result, our customer and licensee relationships could be adversely affected and the value of our technologies and intellectual property (including their value upon our liquidation) could be substantially diminished.

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. FIN 48 prescribes detailed guidance for the financial statement recognition, measurement and disclosure of uncertain tax positions recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Tax positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the effective date to be recognized upon the adoption of FIN 48 and in subsequent periods. FIN 48 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, and will become effective for us beginning with the first quarter of 2007, and the provisions of FIN 48 will be applied to all tax positions under Statement No. 109 upon initial adoption. The cumulative effect of applying the provisions of this interpretation will be reported as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings for that fiscal year. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of FIN 48 on its financial statements.
In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (“SAB No. 108”). SAB No. 108 addresses the process and diversity in practice of quantifying financial statement misstatements resulting in the potential build up of improper amounts on the balance sheet. The Company is required to adopt the provisions of SAB No.108 in fiscal 2006. The adoption of SAB No. 108 did not have a material impact on its financial statements.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements). SFAS No. 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The changes to current practice resulting from the application of this Statement relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. The Statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and will become effective beginning with the first quarter of 2008. The Company has not yet determined the impact of the adoption of SFAS No. 157 on its financial statements and footnote disclosures.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. This Statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. This statement also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and will become effective for the Company beginning with the first quarter of 2008. The Company has not yet determined the impact of the adoption of SFAS No. 159 on its financial statements and footnote disclosures.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
For information required with respect to this Item 7, see index to Financial Statements and Schedules on pages F-1 of this report on Form 10-KSB.
ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Not applicable.
ITEM 8A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded, as of the end of the period covered by this report, that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
ITEM 8AT. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
This annual report does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ITEM 8B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
PART III
ITEM 9. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS; COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT.
The directors and officers of the Company, their ages, present positions with the Company, and a summary of their business experience are set forth below.
Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., 60, Chairman of the Board of Directors since December 1999 and Nocopi’s acting Chief Executive Officer since February 2000, has been a practicing physician in Philadelphia for more than twenty years, serving for more than ten years as the President of a group medical practice including three physicians. He is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He received his B.A. from LaSalle College and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College. He has been an active private investor for more than thirty years, during which he has consulted with the management of the companies in which he invested on a number of occasions.
Herman M. Gerwitz, CPA, 53, a director since May 2005, is the CFO of Keystone Property Group. Mr. Gerwitz has been with Keystone full time since 1998 and has been responsible for all the financial matters of a Real Estate Development Company that has grown to over 3 million square feet of commercial real estate and a $100,000,000 Real Estate Fund. Prior to joining Keystone, Mr.Gerwitz has spent 20 years as a partner in a public accounting firm. He has received a BBA from Temple University with master’s coursework at Widner University. He is a member of both the Pennsylvania and American Institutes of Certified Public Accountants since 1983.
Stanley G. Hart, 46, a director since March 2001, is President and CEO of S.G.Hart Associates, LLC, a strategic brand protection consulting company and Brand Equity Builders, Inc., a retail research and reporting company. Mr. Hart has served in these positions since 2003 and 2006, respectively. From its formation in 2000 until its merger in 2003, Mr. Hart was President and CEO of Westvaco Brand Security, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MeadWestvaco Corporation. Mr. Hart founded the company and established operations in the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium and Israel. Prior thereto, Mr. Hart served Westvaco Corporation (parent company of Westvaco Brand Security, Inc.) for more than ten years in various management capacities. Mr. Hart has over 20 years of international general management experience within the consulting, brand protection, chemical, packaging and paper industries. With five years as an expatriate, Mr. Hart’s diverse experience includes new ventures, international business, sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions, technology assessment and strategic planning. Mr. Hart has a B.A. degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

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Richard Levitt, 50, a director since December 1999, has been engaged in the computer and network services segment of the computer industry since 1981. Mr. Levitt is currently is currently a Senior Account Executive for Dell Computer in Pittsburgh, PA. He is in the Corporate Business Group and is responsible for developing major accounts in Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Levitt has been with Dell since November 2005. In 1995, he participated in the founding of XiTech Corporation, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based provider of computing and computer networking hardware and network design and implementation services which in five years grew to over 100 employees and $50 million in annual sales . Since founding XiTech, he had served as one of its corporate principals, as a Network Consultant and as the Manager of its Network Sales Force. Mr. Levitt left XiTech in 2004. Before joining XiTech, Mr. Levitt served as a network sales executive for Digital Equipment Corporation from 1988 to 1994 and as a network consultant for TriLogic Corporation during 1994 and 1995. Mr. Levitt holds a B.S. in Marketing from Kent State University.
Philip B. White, 68, of Ocean City, Maryland was elected to the Board of Directors in August 2006. Mr. White is currently an international consultant in the private sector providing regulatory and industry standards advice to international companies regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency. He also served as a Technical Advisor and Regulatory Liaison to Nocopi from 2002 to 2005. Before establishing his own global consulting practice in 2000, Mr. White was Director of Medical Device Consulting at the international firm of AAC Consulting Group (now Kendle), Rockville, Md., from 1994 to 2000. He retired from a 33-year career with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1994. His last FDA position was Director of the Office of Standards and Regulations in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Previous FDA positions included Regional Director of FDA’s enforcement activities in the Southwestern Region, Deputy FDA Assistant Commissioner for Program Coordination, and Supervisory Food and Drug Inspector. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American National Standards Institute, the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, and the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. He is a 1961 graduate of Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA with a B.A. Degree in Biology. He also did graduate studies in 1967 and 1968 specializing in the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act at the New York University Graduate Law School in New York City.
Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt, 60, has been Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company for more than five years, serving in this capacity on a part-time basis since January 2000. Since July 2006, Mr. Lutterschmidt has been a consultant to Murex Investments, a Philadelphia investment fund, providing financial guidance to two of its portfolio companies. From April 2005 to July 2006, Mr. Lutterschmidt was employed by BCA Employee Management Group, Inc., a Human Resource Outsource firm located in West Chester, PA. From January 2002 to March 2005, Mr. Lutterschmidt was employed by CitySort LP, a data to delivery mailing business, serving as its Chief Financial Officer from January 2002 to February 2005. He is a graduate of Syracuse University, a member of Financial Executives International, the Institute of Management Accountants and is a Certified Management Accountant.
The terms of the current directors will expire at the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Company has established a standing audit committee in accordance with Section 3(a) (58) (A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that makes recommendations to the Company’s board of directors regarding the selection of an independent registered public accounting firm, review the results and scope of the Company’s audits and other accounting-related services and reviews and evaluates the Company’s internal control functions. The audit committee is comprised of Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., its Chairman of the Board, and Herman M. Gerwitz, CPA. The board of directors has determined that Mr. Gerwitz is an “audit committee financial expert” as currently defined under the SEC rules implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. The board of directors of the Company believes that the composition and functioning of its audit committee complies with all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and SEC rules and regulations including those regarding the independence of the audit committee members.
Code of Ethics
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Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and persons performing similar functions. A copy of the Company’s Code of Ethics is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 of this report on Form 10-KSB.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s executive officers and directors and any persons who beneficially own more than 10% of its common stock (collectively, “Reporting Persons”) to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
Based solely on the Company’s review of the copies of any Section 16(a) forms received by it, the Company believes that with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, all the Reporting Persons complied with all applicable filing requirements except as follows:
Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has both directly and indirectly acquired common stock and stock options of the Company in a number of transactions for which he has failed to file Form 4 reports on a timely basis. Messrs. Gerwitz and Levitt directly acquired stock options of the Company and failed to file Form 3 and/or Form 4 reports on a timely basis. Mr. White became a Director of the Company in August 2006 and failed to file a Form 3 report on a timely basis. The Company is advised that such reports are being prepared and will be filed promptly.
ITEM 10. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Executive Officer Compensation
During 2006 and 2005, the Company did not pay any cash compensation to Dr. Feinstein, who has served since February 2000 as the Company’s acting Chief Executive Officer, and no other executive officer of the Company received compensation equal to or greater than $100,000. In 2006, Dr. Feinstein received options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company, expiring in April 2011, at $.215 per share, representing 100% of the options granted to all employees during the year. These options became exercisable on January 1, 2007. The Company recognized compensation expense of $12,000 in 2006 related to these options. In 2005, Dr. Feinstein received options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company, expiring in April 2010, at $.10 per share, representing 100% of the options granted to all employees during the year. These options became exercisable on January 1, 2006. At December 31, 2006, Dr. Feinstein held options to purchase 350,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. At December 31, 2006, 250,000 of these options were exercisable. The Company does reimburse the expenses incurred by its named executive officers in the performance of their duties. Dr. Feinstein is the Company’s only “named executive officer”.
OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCALYEAR-END
                                         
Option Awards
                    (d)        
                    Equity        
                    Income        
    (b)   (c)   Plan        
    Number   Number   Awards        
    Of   Of   Number of        
    Securities   Securities   Securities        
    Underlying   Underlying   Underlying   (e)   (f)
    Options   Options   Unexercised   Option   Option
(a)   (#)   (#)   Options   Exercise   Expiration
Name   Exercisable   Unexercisable   (#)   Price   Date
Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.
    150,000               150,000     $ .17     April 30, 2009
Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.
    100,000               100,000     $ .10     April 30, 2010
Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.
            100,000       100,000     $ .215     April 30, 2011
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Director Compensation
Directors have not been paid any cash compensation for their services as such during the year ended December 31, 2006. During 2006, Messrs. Gerwitz, Hart and Levitt received options to purchase an aggregate of 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company at $.215 per share. At December 31, 2006, Messrs. Hart and Levitt had 350,000 stock options outstanding, Mr. Gerwitz had 200,000 stock options outstanding and Mr. White had 150,000 stock options outstanding. All directors have been and will be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or other activities undertaken by them on behalf of the Company.
ITEM 11. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth, as of March 15, 2007, the stock ownership of (1) each person or group known by the Registrant to beneficially own 5% or more of Registrant’s common stock and (2) each director and named executive officer (as set forth under the heading “Executive Compensation”) individually, and (3) all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group. To the Company’s knowledge, except as set forth in the footnotes to this table and subject to applicable community property laws, each person named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares set forth opposite such persons name. Except as otherwise indicated, the address of each of the persons in the table below is c/o Nocopi Technologies, Inc., 9C Portland Road, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 19428.
         
    Common Stock
    Number    
    Of Shares    
    Beneficially   Percentage of
Name of Beneficial Owner   Owned   Class (1)
5% Stockholders
Westvaco Brand Security, Inc. (2)
One High Ridge Park
Stamford, CT 06905
  3,917,030   7.3%
Philip N. Hudson
P.O. Box 160892
San Antonio, TX 78280-3092
  3,704,380   6.9%
Ross. L Campbell
675 Lewis Lane
Ambler, PA 19002 (3)
  3,264,457   6.1%
 
       
Directors and Officers
       
Michael A Feinstein, M.D. (4)
  3,422,074   6.4%
Herman Gerwitz (5)
  375,000   *
Stanley G. Hart (6)
  350,000   *
Richard Levitt (7)
  635,800   1.2%
Philip B. White (8)
  337,000   *
All Executive Officers and Directors as a Group (6 individuals) (9)
  5,220,474   9.8%
 
*   Less than 1.0%.
 
(1)   Where the Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (reported in the preceding column) includes shares which may be purchased upon the exercise of outstanding stock options which are or within sixty days will become exercisable (“presently exercisable options”) the percentage of class reported in this column has been calculated assuming the exercise of such presently exercisable options.
 
(2)   As reflected in a Schedule 13D dated March 14, 2001 filed on behalf of Westvaco Brand Security, Inc.
 
(3)   As reflected in a Schedule 13D dated April 4, 2005 filed on behalf of Ross L. Campbell.

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(4)   Includes 587,974 shares held by a pension plan of which Dr. Feinstein is a trustee and 350,000 presently exercisable stock options.
 
(5)   Includes 200,000 presently exercisable stock options.
 
(6)   Includes 350,000 presently exercisable stock options.
 
(7)   Includes 400 shares owned by Mr. Levitt’s wife and 350,000 presently exercisable stock options.
 
(8)   Includes 150,000 presently exercisable stock options and 150,000 presently exercisable stock options held by Mr. White’s wife.
 
(9)   Includes 1,650,000 presently exercisable stock options.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006
                         
                    Number of securities
                    remaining available for
            Weighted-average   future issuance under
    Number of securities to   exercise price of   equity compensation
    be issued upon exercise   outstanding options,   plans (excluding
    of outstanding options,   warrants and rights   securities reflected in
Plan Category   warrants and rights   compensation plans   column (a))
    (a)   (b)   (c)
Equity Compensation plans approved by security holders
    575,000     $ .20       -0-  
Equity Compensation plans not approved by security holders (1)
    1,175,000     $ .15       825,000  
     
Warrants issued in connection with short-term loans (2)
    57,000     $ .23       -0-  
     
Total
    1,807,000     $ .17       825,000  
     
 
(1)   Registrant’s 1999 Stock Option Plan was adopted by the Registrant’s board of directors in February 1999. The Plan provides for the grant of incentive or non-qualified options to purchase up to 2,000,000 million shares of common restricted stock of the Registrant to employees, directors, consultants and advisors. The Plan is administered by the board of directors or a committee of not less than two board members appointed by the board and terminates on the tenth anniversary of its adoption.
 
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ITEM 12. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
During 2006 and 2005, the Company received unsecured loans totaling $25,500 from Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., the Company’s Chairman of the Board and repaid $3,500. The loans bear interest at 7% and are payable on demand.
During 2006, The Company received an unsecured loan of $15,000 from Herman Gerwitz, a Director. The loan bears interest at 7% and is payable on demand.
During 2006, the Company sold 164,474 unregistered shares of its common stock to a pension plan controlled by Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., its Chairman of the Board, for $25,000 ($.152 per share).
During 2005, each of the Company’s then three directors, Dr. Feinstein and Messrs. Hart and Levitt, received options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $.10 per share. Mr. Gerwitz was granted options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $.11 per share upon his being appointed to the board of directors. The options expire in 2010.
During 2006, each of the Company’s then four directors, Dr. Feinstein and Messrs. Gerwitz, Hart and Levitt, received options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $.215 per share. The options expire in 2011.
ITEM 13. EXHIBITS
See Exhibit Index.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The Company has retained the public accounting firm of Morison Cogen, LLP, formerly Cogen Sklar, LLP, whose principal business address is 150 Monument Rd., Suite 500, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, to perform its annual audit for inclusion of its report in Form 10-KSB, and perform SAS 100 reviews of quarterly information in connection with Form 10-QSB filings.
Audit Fees
During 2006 and 2005, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by our principal accountant for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of our quarterly financial statements was $24,500 and $24,000, respectively.
Audit-Related Fees
During 2006 and 2005, our principal accountant did not render assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements.
Tax Fees
During 2006 and 2005, the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by our principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning were $3,000 and $4,500, respectively.
All Other Fees
During 2006 and 2005, there were no fees billed for products and services provided by the principal accountant other than those set forth above.

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Audit Committee Approval
The Audit Committee, consisting of Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Herman M. Gerwitz, CPA, evaluate and approve in advance, the scope and cost of the engagement of an auditor before the auditor renders audit and non-audit services. We do not rely on pre-approval policies and procedures.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  NOCOPI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
 
Date: April 16, 2007  By:   /s/ Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.    
  Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.   
  Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
/s/ Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.
 
Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   April 16, 2007
 
       
/s/ Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt
 
Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt
  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   April 16, 2007
 
       
/s/ Herman Gerwitz
 
      April 16, 2007
Herman Gerwitz
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Stanley G. Hart
 
      April 16, 2007
Stanley G. Hart
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Richard Levitt
 
      April 16, 2007
Richard Levitt
  Director    
 
       
/s/ Philip B. White
 
      April 16, 2007
Philip B. White
  Director    

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
of Nocopi Technologies, Inc.
West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Nocopi Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2006 and the related statements of operations, stockholders’ deficiency, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2006. The financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Nocopi Technologies, Inc. at December 31, 2006, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
As discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for share-based payments as of January 1, 2006.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to this matter are also described in Note 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ MORISON COGEN, LLP
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
March 1, 2007, except for
Note 10 for which the date
is April, 12, 2007

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Nocopi Technologies, Inc.
Balance Sheet*
         
    December 31  
    2006  
Assets
       
 
       
Current assets
       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 53,100  
Accounts receivable less $20,000 allowance for doubtful accounts
    92,000  
Inventory
    58,300  
Arbitration settlement receivable
    50,000  
Prepaid and other
    24,800  
 
     
Total current assets
    278,200  
 
       
Fixed assets
       
Leasehold improvements
    71,200  
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
    481,400  
 
     
 
    552,600  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
    528,500  
 
     
 
    24,100  
 
     
 
  $ 302,300  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficiency
       
 
       
Current liabilities
       
Demand and other short-term loans
  $ 99,000  
Accounts payable
    409,400  
Accrued expenses
    296,600  
Deferred revenue
    5,800  
 
     
Total current liabilities
    810,800  
 
       
Commitments and contingencies
       
 
       
Stockholders’ deficiency
       
Series A preferred stock $1.00 par value
       
Authorized - 300,000 shares
       
Issued and outstanding – none
       
Common stock, $.01 par value
       
Authorized - 75,000,000 shares
       
Issued and outstanding – 51,686,811 shares
    516,900  
Paid-in capital
    11,731,700  
Accumulated deficit
    (12,757,100 )
 
     
 
    (508,500 )
 
     
 
  $ 302,300  
 
     
 
*   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Nocopi Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Operations*
                 
    Years ended December 31  
    2006     2005  
Revenues
               
Licenses, royalties and fees
  $ 298,100     $ 307,400  
Product and other sales
    468,400       220,900  
 
           
 
    766,500       528,300  
 
           
 
               
Cost of sales
               
Licenses, royalties and fees
    102,800       108,700  
Product and other sales
    278,700       98,200  
 
           
 
    381,500       206,900  
 
           
Gross profit
    385,000       321,400  
 
           
 
               
Operating expenses
               
Research and development
    145,400       145,900  
Sales and marketing
    146,400       109,600  
General and administrative (exclusive of legal expenses)
    232,700       200,100  
Legal expenses
    36,300       79,600  
 
           
 
    560,800       535,200  
 
           
Loss from operations
    (175,800 )     (213,800 )
 
           
 
               
Other income (expenses)
               
Interest income
    500       100  
Interest, bank charges and financing cost
    (14,800 )     (2,200 )
 
           
 
    (14,300 )     (2,100 )
 
           
Net loss
  $ (190,100 )   $ (215,900 )
 
           
 
               
Basic and diluted loss per common share
  $ (.00 )   $ (.00 )
 
               
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
    51,224,394       50,586,181  
 
*   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Nocopi Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Stockholders’ Deficiency*
For the Period January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006
                                 
    Common stock     Paid-in     Accumulated  
    Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit  
Balance — January 1, 2005
    50,586,181     $ 505,900     $ 11,497,400       ($12,351,100 )
 
                               
Stock option compensation
                    17,000          
 
                               
Net loss
                            (215,900 )
     
Balance – December 31, 2005
    50,586,181       505,900       11,514,400       (12,567,000 )
 
                               
Sales of common stock
    1,088,408       10,900       162,200          
 
                               
Adjustment of share issuance
    12,222       100       (100 )        
 
                               
Fair value of warrants issued for deferred finance charges
                    7,200          
 
                               
Stock option compensation
                    48,000          
 
                               
Net loss
                            (190,100 )
     
Balance — December 31, 2006
    51,686,811     $ 516,900     $ 11,731,700       ($12,757,100 )
 
                       
 
*   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Nocopi Technologies, Inc.
Statements of Cash Flows*
                 
    Years ended December 31  
    2006     2005  
Operating Activities
               
Net loss
  $ (190,100 )   $ (215,900 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities
               
Depreciation and amortization
    23,300       17,000  
Bad debt expense
    5,000        
Compensation expense – stock option grants
    48,000       17,000  
 
           
 
    (113,800 )     (181,900 )
 
               
(Increase) decrease in assets
               
Accounts receivable
    (49,500 )     56,000  
Arbitration settlement receivable
    50,000       50,000  
Inventory
    (58,300 )      
Prepaid and other
    15,600       (11,200 )
Increase (decrease) in liabilities
               
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    (39,900 )     64,300  
Deferred revenue
    (4,200 )     (14,900 )
 
           
 
    (86,300 )     144,200  
 
           
Net cash used in operating activities
    (200,100 )     (37,700 )
 
               
Investing Activities
               
Additions to fixed assets
    (5,200 )      
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (5,200 )      
 
               
Financing Activities
               
Issuance of common stock
    173,100        
Demand and other loans
    91,000       21,500  
Demand and other loan repayment
    (10,000 )     (3,500 )
 
           
Net cash provided by financing activities
    254,100       18,000  
 
           
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    48,800       (19,700 )
Cash and cash equivalents
               
Beginning of year
    4,300       24,000  
 
           
End of year
  $ 53,100     $ 4,300  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental Disclosure of Non Cash Investing and Financing Activities
Deferred Financing Cost
               
Issuance of warrants for deferred financing cost
  $ 7,200          
 
             
 
*   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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NOCOPI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2006 and 2005
1.   Organization of the Company
 
    Nocopi Technologies, Inc. (the Company) is organized under the laws of the State of Maryland. Its main business activities are the development and distribution of document security products and the licensing of its patented reactive and authentication technologies in the United States and foreign countries. The Company operates in one principal industry segment.
 
2.   Significant Accounting Policies
 
    Estimates - The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the dates of financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
    Cash and cash equivalents - Cash equivalents consist principally of time deposits and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less placed with major banks and financial institutions. Cash equivalents are carried at the lower of cost, plus accrued interest, or market value and are held in money market accounts at a local bank. At December 31, 2006, Nocopi investments in money market accounts totaled $46,700.
 
    Accounts receivable – as amounts become uncollectible, they will be charged to an allowance or operations in the period when a determination of uncollectibility is made. Any estimates of potentially uncollectible customer accounts receivable will be made based on an analysis of individual customer and historical write-off experience. The Company’s analysis includes the age of the receivable, creditworthiness and general economic conditions.
 
    Inventory consists primarily of ink components and paper and is stated at the lower of cost (determined by the first-in, first-out method) or market.
 
    Concentration of credit risk involving cash – During the year, the Company had uninsured cash balances at one financial institution. This financial institution has a strong credit rating, and Management believes that credit risk related to these deposits is minimal. At December 31, 2006, the total balance was $46,700.
 
    Fixed assets are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Furniture, fixtures and equipment are generally depreciated on the straight-line method over their estimated service lives. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of five years or the term of the lease. Major renovations and betterments are capitalized. Maintenance, repairs and minor items are expensed as incurred. Upon disposal, assets and related depreciation are removed from the accounts and the net amount, less proceeds from disposal, is charged or credited to income.

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    Patent costs are charged to expense as incurred due to the uncertainty of their recoverability as a result of the Company’s adverse liquidity situation.
 
    Revenues – In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, Revenue Recognition, the Company recognizes revenue when (i) persuasive evidence of a customer or distributor arrangement exists or acceptance occurs, (ii) a retailer, distributor or wholesaler receives the goods, (iii) the price is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectibility of the sales revenue is reasonably assured. Subject to these criteria, the Company will generally recognize revenue upon shipment of product. Revenue from license fees and royalties will be recognized as earned over the license term.
 
    Income taxes - Deferred income taxes are provided for all temporary differences and net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
 
    Fair value - The carrying amounts reflected in the balance sheets for cash, cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value due to the short maturities of these instruments.
 
    Earnings (loss) per share - The Company follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings Per Share” resulting in the presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Because the Company reported a net loss in 2006 and 2005, common stock equivalents, including stock options and warrants were anti-dilutive.
 
    Comprehensive income (loss) - The Company follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”. Since the Company has no items of comprehensive income (loss), Comprehensive income (loss) is equal to net income (loss).
 
    Recoverability of Long-Lived Assets
 
    The Company follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” The Statement requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. The Company is not aware of any events or circumstances which indicate the existence of an impairment which would be material to the Company’s annual financial statements.
 
    Recently Issued Accounting Standards
 
    In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. FIN 48 prescribes detailed guidance for the financial statement recognition, measurement and disclosure of uncertain tax positions recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Tax positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the effective date to be recognized upon the adoption of FIN 48 and in subsequent periods. FIN 48 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, and will become effective for us beginning with the first quarter of 2007, and the provisions of FIN 48 will

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    be applied to all tax positions under Statement No. 109 upon initial adoption. The cumulative effect of applying the provisions of this interpretation will be reported as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings for that fiscal year. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of FIN 48 on its financial statements.
    In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (“SAB No. 108”). SAB No. 108 addresses the process and diversity in practice of quantifying financial statement misstatements resulting in the potential build up of improper amounts on the balance sheet. The Company is required to adopt the provisions of SAB No.108 in fiscal 2006. The adoption of SAB No. 108 did not have a material impact on its financial statements.
 
    In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements). SFAS No. 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The changes to current practice resulting from the application of this Statement relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. The Statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and will become effective beginning with the first quarter of 2008. The Company has not yet determined the impact of the adoption of SFAS No. 157 on its financial statements and footnote disclosures.
 
    In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. This Statement permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions. This statement also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and will become effective for the Company beginning with the first quarter of 2008. The Company has not yet determined the impact of the adoption of SFAS No. 159 on its financial statements and footnote disclosures.
 
3.   Going Concern
 
    Since its inception, the Company has incurred significant losses and, as of December 31, 2006, had accumulated losses of $12,757,100. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company’s losses from operations were $175,800 and $213,800, respectively. In addition, the Company had negative working capital of $532,600 at December 31, 2006. The Company may incur further operating losses and experience negative cash flow in the future. Achieving profitability and positive cash flow depends on the Company’s ability to generate and sustain significant increases in revenues and gross profits from its traditional business. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to generate sufficient revenues and gross profits to achieve and sustain profitability and positive cash flow in the future.
    During 2006, the Company raised $173,100 in a valid private placement exempt from registration under section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended whereby 923,934 shares of the Company’s common stock were sold to five non-affiliated individual investors and 164,474 were sold to a pension plan controlled by the Company’s Chairman of the Board. See Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds included elsewhere in this report. These investments,

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    combined with continuing expense reductions, have permitted the Company to continue in operation to the current date. Management of the Company believes that it will need, and is actively seeking to obtain, additional capital in the immediate future both to fund investments needed to increase its operating revenues to levels that will sustain its operations and to fund operating deficits that it anticipates will continue until revenue increases can be realized. There can be no assurances that the Company will be successful in obtaining sufficient additional capital, or if it does, that the additional capital will enable the Company to improve its business so as to have a material positive effect on the Company’s operations and cash flow. The Company believes that without additional capital, whether in the form of debt, equity or both, it may be forced to cease operations at an undetermined future date.
 
    The Company’s independent registered public accountants have included a “going concern” explanatory paragraph in their audit report accompanying the 2006 financial statements. The paragraph states that the Company’s recurring losses from operations raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and cautions that the financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
 
4.   Demand and Other Short-Term Loans
 
    During 2006, the Company received unsecured loans totaling $34,000 from two individuals of which $19,000 was lent by Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., its Chairman of the Board, and $15,000 by Herman Gerwitz, a Director. The loans bear interest at 7% per year and are payable on demand. During the third quarter of 2006, the Company received unsecured short-term loans totaling $57,000 from four individuals who were non-affiliates of the Company. The loans bear interest at 7% per year and were due four months from the date of the loan. Additionally the Company granted 57,000 warrants to purchase common stock of the Company to these four individuals at prices ranging from $0.21 to $0.27. The warrants expire in five years. A deferred financing cost of $7,200 representing the fair value of the warrants was amortized to income over the four month term of the short-term loans. The fair value of the warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: expected life-5years; interest rate-4.88%; volatility-60% and dividend yield-0. In December 2006, the Company repaid the entire $10,000 due one of the four individual lenders. The Company has received extensions to April 2007 on the $47,000 of short-term loans outstanding at December 31, 2006 and paid $25,000 to one of these lenders in February 2007. At December 31, 2006, the Company had unsecured loans from five individuals totaling $99,000, including $22,000 from Dr. Feinstein and $15,000 from Mr. Gerwitz, outstanding. The loans were used to finance the Company’s working capital requirements.
 
    During 2005, the Company received unsecured loans totaling $21,500 from two individuals of which $6,500 was lent by Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., its Chairman of the Board and repaid $3,500 in loans made by this individual. The loans bear interest at seven per cent per year and are payable on demand. The loans were used to finance the Company’s working capital requirements.
 
5.   Stockholders’ Deficiency
 
    During 2006, the Company sold 923,934 shares of its common stock to five non-affiliated individual investors and 164,474 shares to a pension plan controlled by Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., the Company’s Chairman of the Board, for a total of $173,100 pursuant to a valid private placement. Additionally, the Company’s Board of Directors, in the third quarter of 2006, approved the issuance of an additional 12,222 shares of the Company’s common stock to a non-affiliate who

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    purchased common stock in a private placement in 2004 to correct the purchase price based on the date of receipt of the investment.
 
6.   Income Taxes
 
    There is no provision for income taxes for 2006 and 2005 due to the availability of net operating loss carryforwards (“NOL’s”) for which the Company had previously established a 100% valuation allowance for deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty of their recoverability. At December 31, 2006, the Company had NOL’s approximating $10,241,000. These operating losses are available to offset future taxable income through the year 2026. As a result of the sale of the Company’s common stock in an equity offering in late 1997 and the issuance of additional shares, the amount of the NOL’s may be limited. Additionally, the utilization of these NOL’s if available, to reduce the future income taxes will depend on the generation of sufficient taxable income prior to their expiration. There were no temporary differences for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005. The Company has established a 100% valuation allowance of approximately $4,199,000 at December 31, 2006 for the deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty of their realization.
 
7.   Commitments and Contingencies
 
    The Company conducts its operations in leased facilities and leases equipment under non-cancelable operating leases expiring at various dates to 2009.
 
    Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more at December 31, 2006 are: $40,100 – 2007; $10,900 – 2008 and $1,000 – 2009.
 
    Total rental expense under operating leases was $37,600 and $37,700 in 2006 and 2005, respectively.
 
    The Company had a consulting agreement with a former executive officer and director, the term of which expired at December 31, 2002. The Board of Directors of the Company, in mid-2000, suspended cash payments to the consultant as a potential offset to certain payments made to the consultant by a licensee of the Company. All other provisions of the agreement remained in force throughout the term of the agreement. At December 31, 2006, unpaid consulting fees totaling $166,300 were included in Accrued Expenses on the Balance Sheet.
 
    From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business.
 
8.   Stock Options and 401(k) Savings Plan
 
    The 1996 and 1999 Stock Option Plans provide for the granting of up to 2,700,000 incentive and non-qualified stock options to employees, non-employee directors, consultants and advisors to the Company. In the case of options designated as incentive stock options, the exercise price of the options granted must be not less than the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant. Non-qualified stock options may be granted at any amount established by the Stock Option Committee or, in the case of Discounted Options issued to non-employee directors in lieu of any portion of an Annual Retainer, in accordance with a formula designated in the Plan. The 1996

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    Stock Option Plan terminated in June 2006 and no further stock options can be granted under the plan; however, options granted before June 2006 may be exercised through their expiration date.
 
    In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard SFAS 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (“SFAS 123R”). SFAS 123(R) supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and amends SFAS No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. Generally, the approach in SFAS 123(R) is similar to the approach described in SFAS 123. However, SFAS 123(R) requires share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values at the date of grant. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative.
 
    On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123(R) using the modified prospective method as permitted under SFAS 123(R). Under this transition method, compensation cost recognized in 2006 includes compensation cost for all share-based payments granted prior to but not yet vested as of December 31, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123. In accordance with the modified prospective method of adoption, the Company’s results of operations and financial position for prior periods have not been restated.
 
    The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the grant-date fair value of an award.
 
    Prior to December 31, 2005, the Company followed the provisions of SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”. The provisions of SFAS No. 123 allowed companies to either expense the estimated fair value of stock options or to continue to follow the intrinsic value method set forth in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”), but disclose the pro forma effects on net income had the fair value of the options been expensed. The Company elected to apply APB 25 in accounting for its stock option incentive plans. There was no expense recognized on options granted during the year ended December 31, 2005.
 
    Had compensation cost for the Company’s stock option plan been determined on the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the dates of awards under the fair value method of SFAS No. 123, the Company’s 2005 net loss and net loss per common share would have been increased to the pro forma amounts indicated below. In 2005, the fair value amounts were estimated using the Black-Scholes options pricing model with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, expected volatility of 60%, risk-free interest rate of 5% and expected option life of five years.
         
Net loss
       
As reported
  ($ 215,900 )
Pro forma
  ($ 221,900 )
 
       
Net loss per common share basic and diluted
       
As reported
  ($ .00 )
Pro forma
  ($ .00 )
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    acquire the stock. Generally, the exercise price for stock options granted to employees was equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant, thereby resulting in no recognition of compensation expense by the Company prior to December 31, 2005. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company’s net loss increased by $12,000 as a result of the adoption of SFAS 123(R) as there was a stock-based compensation grant to an executive officer during the period. As of December 31, 2006, there was no unrecognized compensation expenses related to non-vested market-based share awards.
 
    A summary of stock options under the Company’s stock option plans follows:
                         
            Exercise     Weighted  
    Number of     Price Range     Average  
    Shares     Per Share     Exercise Price  
Outstanding at December 31, 2004
    1,475,000     $.17 to $.45   $ .24  
Options granted
    400,000     .10 and .11     .10  
Options canceled
    200,000       .30       .30  
 
                 
Outstanding at December 31, 2006
    1,675,000     $.17 to $.45     .24  
Options granted
    400,000       .22       .22  
Options canceled
    325,000     .30 and .45     .39  
 
                 
Outstanding at December 31, 2006
    1,750,000     $ .10 to $.22     $ .16  
 
                 
                         
            Exercise   Weighted
    Option   Price Range   Average
    Shares   Per Share   Exercise Price
Exercisable at year end:
                       
2005
    1,275,000     $ .17 to $.45     $ .23  
2006
    1,350,000     $ .10 to $.17     $ .15  
 
                       
Options available for future grant under all plans:
                       
2005
    1,025,000                  
2006
    825,000                  

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The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2006:
         
Range of exercise prices
  $ .10 to $.22  
 
     
 
       
Number outstanding at December 31, 2006
    1,750,000  
 
     
 
       
Weighted average remaining contractual life (years)
    3.04  
 
     
 
       
Weighted average exercise price
  $ .16  
 
     
 
       
Exercisable options:
       
Number outstanding at December 31, 2006
    1,350,000  
 
     
 
       
Weighted average remaining Contractual life (years)
    2.66  
 
     
 
       
Weighted average exercise price
  $ .15  
 
     
    On April 30, 2006, the Company, under its directors stock option plan, granted options to each of its then four directors to purchase 100,000 shares each of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.215 per share, vesting on January 1, 2007, and expiring in five years. The options are contingent on the directors attending a certain percentage of Board of Directors meetings during 2006. In accordance with the fair value method as described in accounting requirements of SFAS No. 123, The Company recognized consulting expense of $48,000 during the year ended December 31, 2006. The fair value was determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: expected life-5years; interest rate-4.92%; volatility-59% and dividend yield-0.
 
    Effective April 30, 2005, the Company, under its directors stock option plan, granted options to two directors to purchase 100,000 shares each of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, vesting on January 1, 2006, and expiring in five years. On September 23, 2005, the Company granted options to a new director to purchase 100,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.11 per share, vesting on January 1, 2006, and expiring in five years. The options were contingent on the directors attending a certain percentage of Board of Directors meetings during 2005. In accordance with the fair value method as described in accounting requirements of SFAS No. 123, The Company recognized consulting expense of $17,000 during the year ended December 31, 2005.
 
    Effective April 30, 2005, the Company granted options to an officer and director under its directors stock option plan to purchase a total of 100,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, which was the market price on grant date, expiring in five years and vesting on January 1, 2006.
 
    At December 31, 2006, the Company has reserved 2,632,000 shares of common stock for possible future issuance upon exercise of stock options and warrants. The Company sponsors a 401(k) savings plan, covering substantially all employees, providing for employee and employer contributions. Employer contributions are made at the discretion of the Company. There were no contributions charged to expense during 2006 or 2005.
 
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    The Company’s largest non-affiliate customers accounted for approximately 65% and 68% of revenues in 2006 and 2005, respectively, and approximately 75% of accounts receivable at December 31, 2006. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and generally does not require collateral. The Company also maintains allowances for potential credit losses.
 
    The Company’s revenues by geographic region are as follows:
                 
    2006     2005  
North America
  $ 479,700     $ 508,700  
Asia
    274,800       4,300  
Australia and New Zealand
    10,600       12,400  
Europe
    1,200       900  
 
           
 
  $ 766,500     $ 526,300  
 
           
10.   Subsequent Events
 
    In March 2007, the Company received an additional demand loan of $7,000 from its Chairman of the Board. In early April 2007, the Company received $50,000 from two unaffiliated investors whereby it sold 104,166 shares of its common stock at $.48 per share.

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Exhibit Index
The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB:
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
3.1
  Articles of Incorporation (1)
 
   
3.2
  Bylaws (1)
 
   
3.3
  Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (3)
 
   
3.4
  Article of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (4)
 
   
3.5
  Amendments to Bylaws (5)
 
   
4.1
  Form of Certificate of Common Stock (12)
 
   
10.1†
  Summary Plan Description for Nocopi Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (2)
 
   
10.2†
  Nocopi Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan (3)
 
   
10.3†
  Nocopi Technologies, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (4)
 
   
10.4†
  Amended Summary Plan Description for Nocopi Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (4)
 
   
10.5
  Director Indemnification Agreement (5)
 
   
10.6
  Officer Indemnification Agreement (5)
 
   
10.7
  Stock Purchase Agreement with Westvaco Brand Security, Inc. (6)
 
   
10.8
  Registration Rights Agreement with Westvaco Brand Security, Inc. (6)
 
   
10.9
  Subscription Agreement with Entrevest I Associates (7)
 
   
10.10
  Lease Agreement dated March 19, 2003 relating to premises at 9 Portland Road, West Conshohocken, PA 19428 (7)
 
   
10.11
  Settlement Agreement with Euro-Nocopi, S.A. (8)
 
   
10.12
  Agreement of Terms with Entrevest I Associates (9)
 
   
10.13
  Conversion Agreement (10)
 
   
10.14*
  Patent License Agreement with Giddy Up, LLC and Color Loco, LLC
 
   
10.15*
  Addendum #1 to Patent License Agreement with Giddy Up, LLC and Color Loco, LLC
 
   
14.1
  Code of Ethics (11)
 
   
31.1*
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a).
 
   
31.2*
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a).

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Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
32.1*
  Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
*   Exhibit filed with this Report.
 
  Compensation plans and arrangements for executives and others.
 
(1)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, as filed with the Commission on or about August 19, 1992
 
(2)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 1993
 
(3)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 1996
 
(4)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the Year Ended December 31, 1998
 
(5)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the Three Months Ended September 30, 1999
 
(6)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the Year Ended December 31, 2000
 
(7)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the Year Ended December 31, 2002
 
(8)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the Year Ended December 31, 2003
 
(9)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 16, 2004
 
(10)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2004
 
(11)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the Year Ended December 31, 2004
 
(12)   Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the Year Ended December 31, 2005

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EX-10.14 2 w32733exv10w14.htm PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT exv10w14
 

Exhibit 10.14
Patent License Agreement
This Patent License Agreement is made and effective as of April 1, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) between Nocopi Technologies, Inc., 9-C Portland Road, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428 (the “Licensor”) and Giddy Up, LLC, 3630 Plaza Drive, #6, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 and Color Loco, LLC, 3630 Plaza Drive, #6, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 (jointly and severally, the “Licensee”).
1. Background.
Licensor is the owner of the patent rights set forth in Exhibit A hereto, including all continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, reissues, and any other related U.S. or foreign patents (collectively “the Licensed Patents”), pertaining to Licensor’s Rub-It & Color ink technology (the “Patented Ink Technology”).
Licensee wishes to acquire a license from Licensor to enable Licensee to print, have printed, market, distribute, and sell children’s soft-cover books, activity/art kits, stationery, stickers, sticker books, and related items of merchandise set forth in Exhibit B hereto, each of which having a suggested retail price in excess of $2.50 per item (the “Products”). Children’s soft-cover books, activity/art kits, stationery, sticker books and related items of merchandise having a suggested retail price below $2.50 per item (collectively, the “Other Products”) shall not be considered Products hereunder.
Placemats sold on a stand-alone basis (i.e., without being part of a book or kit) (collectively, the “Excluded Products”) are also not Products (regardless of their suggested retail price), and are expressly excluded from, and outside the scope of, this Agreement. Licensee shall have no rights with respect to any Other Products or Excluded Products except with Licensor’s prior written consent which may be granted or withheld by Licensor in its sole discretion.
Licensor and Licensee (collectively, the “Parties”, each sometimes a “Party”) wish to enter into this Patent License Agreement (the “Agreement”) for the purpose of memorializing their understandings and agreements related to the Patented Ink Technology. For avoidance of doubt, all references to Licensee in this Agreement incorporate by reference and include both Giddy Up, LLC and Color Loco, LLC, each of which shall enjoy the rights and be responsible for the obligations of Licensee hereunder.
2. License Grant
Licensor grants to Licensee, on a personal and non-transferable basis, the right and license (the “License”) to use the Patented Ink Technology solely to print, have printed market, distribute, and sell the Products to retailers, wholesalers and distributors located throughout the world; provided, however, that Licensee shall not print or cause the Products to be printed at facilities located within any portion of the territory described on Exhibit C hereto (the “No-print Territory”).

 


 

Licensee’s license within North America and South America (the “Exclusive Territory”) shall be an exclusive license. Unless and until this Agreement is terminated, Licensor shall not, and shall not license any third party to, print, have printed, market, distribute or sell Products containing the Patented Ink Technology within the Exclusive Territory. Subject to Section 5, nothing in this Agreement, however, shall limit Licensor’s rights to, and to license any third party to, use, manufacture and sell the Patented Ink Technology in connection with or with respect to any markets, product lines or territories in which Licensee does not then hold exclusive rights hereunder.
Without prejudice to any other limitations set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, Licensee agrees that (1) Licensee shall have no right to print or have printed Products containing the Patented Ink Technology at facilities located within the No-print Territory, (2) Licensee shall not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer the License to any third party, (3) Licensee will cause Products containing the Patented Ink Technology to be printed only by third party printers who have been previously approved in writing by Licensor (collectively, “Approved Printers,” each an “Approved Printer”), and (4) Licensee will not cause or permit Products containing the Patented Ink Technology to be printed by any third party other than an Approved Printer. The Licensor hereby approves those printers identified in Exhibit D hereto as Approved Printers and agrees that it will not unreasonably delay or withhold its approval to other parties proposed by the Licensee as Approved Printers. Licensor reserves the right to withdraw any previously-granted approval to an Approved Printer, including, without limitation, any printer identified in Exhibit D, if (i) information comes to Licensor’s attention that, in Licensor’s reasonable opinion, places in jeopardy such Approved Printer’s capability or intention to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement or any related Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement, or (ii) such Approved Printer suffers a material adverse change in its financial position or trading reputation which, in Licensor’s reasonable opinion, affects its capability or intention to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, and (iii) in either such event, Licensee fails, within fifteen (15) business days after written notice from Licensor, which notice shall include the information known or reasonably believed by Licensor, to provide written assurances related thereto that are satisfactory to Licensor.
No rights or licenses are hereby granted or implied under this Agreement to any patents of Licensor other than the Licensed Patents for the Products. The rights and licenses herein granted convey no rights to Licensee to use or register any trademarks or trade names of Licensor or to use the name of Licensor or Licensor’s “Rub-It & Color” trademark in any manner whatsoever in connection with the Products.
Licensee agrees that all Products containing the Patented Ink Technology marketed, distributed, or sold by it shall be marked with the appropriate patent notices and numbers as reasonably specified by Licensor in writing.
3. Annual Royalties Based on Shipments of Products
In consideration of the rights and license granted to it with respect to Products, Licensee shall pay to Licensor an annual royalty (the “Annual Royalty”). The Annual Royalty

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will be payable in quarterly installments (each, a “Quarterly Royalty”), based upon the invoice price less returns, allowances, trade discounts, retail co-op fees, markdowns and commissions, which will, in the aggregate, not exceed ten percent (10%) of the invoice price, of all Products containing the Patented Ink Technology billed and shipped by Licensee during the preceding quarter (“Quarterly Shipments”). The quarters upon which the Quarterly Royalties and Shipments are based shall be: April 1 through June 30; July 1 through September 30; October 1 through December 31; and January 1 through March 31 (each a “Quarter”).
Where the Products incorporating the Patented Ink Technology also contain licensed marks of other third parties (e.g., Disney, Sesame Street, etc.) for which Licensee is paying such third party a separate royalty (“Licensed Products”), the royalty rate payable to Nocopi under this Agreement will be five percent (5%) of the Quarterly Shipments. Where the Products containing the Patented Ink Technology do not contain licensed marks of other third parties for which Licensee is paying such third party a separate royalty (“Generic Products”), the royalty rate payable to Nocopi under this Agreement will be six percent (6%) of the Quarterly Shipments.
Licensee’s list of Licensed Products as of the date of this Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit E. Licensee will update Exhibit E from time to time upon Licensor’s request to provide Licensor with information about Licensee’s then current list of Licensed Products. Except insofar as Exhibit E is updated to add future Products as Licensed Products after the date of this Agreement, all such future Products shall be deemed Generic Products hereunder.
Each Quarterly Royalty shall be due on or before the last day of the calendar month following the Quarter during which the applicable Products have been billed and shipped. The amounts payable for each Quarterly Royalty will be subject to credits for prepayments as provided in Section 4. Time is of the essence as to all royalty payments due hereunder. Royalties unpaid for more than ten (10) business days after due date shall bear interest at the prime rate (as reported by The Wall Street Journal) plus 2%, or, if less, at the maximum allowable legal rate.
The Quarterly Royalty for each Quarter shall be calculated at the net invoice price of all Products containing the Patented Ink Technology billed and shipped during that Quarter, from which net invoice price there shall be no credits, allowances or deductions in excess of the amount expressly authorized in this subparagraph on account of any Product returns, and regardless of (i) the basis of compensation, if any, to Licensee, (ii) whether sold to affiliated or independent third parties, and (iii) whether the Products are sold on a stand-alone basis or as a component or constituent of other products. In computing the Quarterly Royalty, the Licensee may deduct actual and good faith returns accepted from, and actual and good faith allowances granted to, Licensee’s retail customers or distributors for cooperative advertising, placement fees, pallet programs and the like up to, but not exceeding ten percent (10%) in the aggregate of the total amount invoiced to the customer or distributor.

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With the Quarterly Royalty for each Quarter hereunder, Licensee shall provide Licensor with a written report (each, a “Report”) stating the number of shipments, net invoice price per shipment of all Products containing the Patented Ink Technology that were made during that Quarter, separately reported as to Licensed Products and Generic Products, and, if requested by Licensor, other supporting documentation in sufficient detail so as to enable Licensor to verify the amount of the Quarterly Royalty due for that Quarter, including documentation as to any deductions made for returns or allowances for such invoices. Licensee further agrees to keep and preserve true and accurate records and books showing all shipments and net invoice prices of Products containing the Patented Ink Technology for at least two (2) years, and to permit such books and records to be examined, audited and photocopied from time to time (but not more frequently than once in any consecutive twelve month period) by an accountant chosen by Licensor, during Licensee’s normal business hours and to the extent necessary to verify the validity of such Reports and Quarterly Royalties hereunder. If, upon any such inspection, a discrepancy of greater than five percent (5%) is found between the Quarterly Royalties paid by Licensee and the actual Quarterly Royalties due for such Quarter, then Licensee shall, without prejudice to Licensor’s other rights hereunder, reimburse Licensor for all reasonable costs incurred in conducting such inspection including travel, hotel, subsistence and fees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Annual Royalties payable by Licensee to Licensor with respect to Products hereunder may be subject to credits and adjustments, but only to the extent expressly set forth in the remaining subparagraphs of this section 3.
o If Licensee’s actual Annual Royalty with respect to Products shipped during any Annual Period exceeds Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) in the aggregate, then Licensee shall be entitled to a credit equal to one percent (1%) of the actual Annual Royalty paid on shipments of Generic Products during that Annual Period (i.e., recalculating the Licensed Product royalty rate at 5% instead of 6%). The credit shall be applied against the Quarterly Royalties next payable under this Agreement.
o If Licensee’s actual Annual Royalty with respect to Products shipped during any two consecutive Annual Periods each exceeds Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) in the aggregate, then, in addition to the credits provided above for Quarterly Royalties previously paid, the royalty rate payable by Licensee on subsequent shipments of Generic Products shall be reduced from 6% to 5% for the remainder of the Term.
o For the customers now or hereafter identified on Exhibit F hereto (the “Special Rate Customers”), Licensor shall, upon Licensee’s submission of satisfactory supporting documentation, allow Licensee to pay royalties calculated at up to a 50% discount from the contractually-stated royalty rates otherwise due. This special rate will be authorized by Licensor if made necessary because of Licensee’s demonstrated reduced margins on Product sales to the Special Rate Customers initially listed in Exhibit F. The Licensee may from time to time propose to the Licensor additional customers to be added to Exhibit F as Special Rate Customers and, in so doing, shall submit satisfactory

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supporting documentation of the reduced margins on Product sales to such customers. No additional customers will be added to Exhibit F as Special Rate Customers unless be agreed to by Licensor in writing, which agreement will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Any reductions to or discounts from contractually-stated royalty rates that are granted by Licensor under the preceding subparagraphs of this section 3 will not diminish or decrease Licensee’s Minimum Annual Royalties with respect to Products set forth in section 4 below. Licensor’s granting of a royalty discount to a customer listed on Exhibit F in one instance shall not constitute a waiver or estoppel precluding Licensor from refusing to grant a similar or any other discount in any other instance that does not warrant a discount in Licensor’s reasonable judgment based upon the circumstances presented by Licensee’s supporting documentation.
The names of Licensee’s customers set forth on Exhibit F may be modified or supplemented from time to time with the Parties’ mutual written consent; provided, however, that at no time may more than ten percent (10%) of Licensee’s then active customers (i.e., customers to whom Licensee has made bona fide shipments of Products within the previous 6 months) be listed on Exhibit F.
4. Minimum Annual Royalties Based on Product Shipments
Each twelve (12) month period from January 1 through December 31 shall be referred to as an “Annual Period.” The period from April 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006, is referred to as the “Development Period.” Licensee shall actively promote the Products during the Development Period and each Annual Period while this Agreement remains in effect, and shall consult with Licensor from time to time and keep Licensor apprised regarding to extent and focus of such promotional efforts.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement and without regard to actual Quarterly Shipments of the Products, Licensee guarantees to pay Licensor Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) during the Development Period (the “Minimum Development Period Royalty”), and, commencing with the Annual Period from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008 (the “2008 Annual Period”), Licensee guarantees to pay Licensor a minimum royalty of at least One Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($110,000.00) during each Annual Period (the “Minimum Annual Royalty”). Provided that Licensee timely pays the Minimum Development Period Royalty to Licensor, there will be no Minimum Annual Royalty for the 2007 Annual Period; otherwise, Licensor, at its sole option upon written notice to Licensee may either (i) license the Patented Ink Technology to other third parties within the Exclusive Territory for their use with children’s merchandise comparable to the Products during the remainder of the Term, in which event Licensee’s rights and license within the formerly Exclusive Territory shall become non-exclusive, without affecting any of the Parties’ other rights and obligations hereunder, or (ii) terminate this Agreement in its entirety.

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Of the Minimum Development Period Royalty, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) shall be due and payable from Licensee to Licensor on the Effective Date, and the remaining Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) shall be due and payable from Licensee to Licensor on the sooner to occur of either (i) the 270th day after the Effective Date, or (ii) the date upon which first finished Product containing the Patented Ink Technology has been shipped by Licensee.
The Minimum Development Period Royalty will be applied as a credit against any Quarterly Royalties payable with respect to Products shipped during the Development Period such that Quarterly Royalties will only be payable to the extent royalties otherwise payable from shipments of Products during the Development Period exceed the Minimum Development Period Royalty. In addition, Licensee shall be entitled to a credit against the Minimum Annual Royalty due for subsequent Annual Periods to the extent Licensee’s actual Quarterly Royalties during the Development Period exceed the credit for the Minimum Development Period Warranty.
Any Quarterly Royalties paid by Licensee to Licensor on account of actual shipments of Products during an Annual Period shall be credited against the Minimum Annual Royalty due hereunder for that Annual Period. In addition, Licensee shall be entitled to a credit against the Minimum Annual Royalty due for subsequent Annual Periods to the extent Licensee’s actual Annual Royalties during the preceding Annual Period(s) exceeded its Minimum Annual Royalty for such Annual Period(s).
Without prejudice to Licensor’s other rights and remedies under this Agreement, if Licensee fails to generate an Annual Royalty at least equal to the Minimum Annual Royalty in any Annual Period, Licensee shall at the time of submission of the Report and the Quarterly Royalty for the last Quarter of that Annual Period pay Licensor an aggregate amount sufficient to satisfy the unpaid portion of the Minimum Annual Royalty (the “Royalty Shortfall Payment”).
The Minimum Development Period Royalty and any Royalty Shortfall Payments that the Licensee is required to pay for any Annual Period, since not based on actual sales of the Products, will be recorded as prepayments (the “Prepaid Royalties”) that will thereafter be applied as a credit against the Quarterly Royalties next payable with respect to actual sales of Products. But in determining whether the Annual Royalty for an Annual Period meets the Minimum Annual Royalty, any Quarterly Royalties payable for actual sales of Products during the current Annual Period that were satisfied by means of a credit of Prepaid Royalties from a prior Annual Period will not be included in the count of the Annual Royalty for the current Annual Period.
If the Annual Royalty payable on the basis of Licensee’s actual sales of Products for the 2008 Annual Period is less than $110,000 and cumulative Annual Royalties payable based on Licensee’s actual sales of the Products for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Annual Periods are less than $190,000, or if the Annual Royalty payable on the basis of Licensee’s actual sales of Products for the 2009 Annual Period or any later Annual Period is less than the Minimum Annual Royalty applicable to that Annual Period, then, without

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prejudice to its other rights, and upon written notice delivered to Licensee within sixty (60) days after the end of that Annual Period, Licensor shall be authorized and permitted at its sole option either (i) to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 13 effective ninety (90) days after the date of delivery of that notice, or (ii) to license the Patented Ink Technology to other third parties within the Exclusive Territory for their use with children’s merchandise comparable to the Products during the remainder of the Term, in which event Licensee’s rights and license within the formerly Exclusive Territory shall become non-exclusive, without affecting any of the Parties’ other rights and obligations hereunder, except that Licensee shall not be required to pay any Minimum Annual Royalties with respect to any billings and shipments that take place after its former Exclusive Territory has become non-exclusive.
5. Licensee’s Right of First Offer
If Licensor at any time develops and wishes to introduce into the marketplace new inks, patents or inventions for children’s books and activity games/kits having a suggested retail price in excess of $2.50 per item (“New Developments”), Licensor shall first offer, in writing, to license the New Developments to Licensee, at Licensee’s option, upon terms and conditions that are set forth in writing from Licensor to Licensee. Licensee shall have the right and option, exercisable within thirty (30) days after receipt of such offer, to send written notice to Licensor that Licensee intends to accept such offer. If Licensee accepts the offer, the Parties shall promptly negotiate the terms and conditions of the written license agreement and the signing of such license agreement must occur within sixty (60) days from the date of notice of Licensee’s approval, otherwise the first offer rights of Licensee hereunder shall expire.
If Licensee does not elect to accept such offer within the 30-day timeframe, or if the parties are unable, despite good faith efforts, to execute a written license agreement within thirty (30) days after the Licensee has delivered to the Licensor its written acceptance of the offer, then Licensor may license the New Developments to a bona fide third party; provided that (1) an agreement is reached within one hundred twenty (120) days after the expiration of, or rejection by, Licensee of the offer, and (2) the third party’s license is at a royalty and upon other terms and conditions are the same as or more favorable to the Licensor than those offered in writing to Licensee.
Failure by Licensee on any occasion to exercise the right of first offer afforded herein shall not constitute a waiver of Licensee’s right to exercise such right of first offer on any later occasion. If any sale to the third party does not take place within the timeframe set forth above, then Licensee’s right of first offer will apply to each and every subsequent proposed license of New Developments.
If Licensee elects to accept Licensor’s offer to license the New Developments, the license agreement offered by Licensor to Licensee shall include similar assurances, undertakings, representations, warranties and commitments by the Licensee to those set forth in this Agreement, including without limitation annual royalties, minimum annual royalties and

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shortfall payments that are established based upon the reasonable expectations of the Licensor and the Licensee as to the commercial prospects for the New Development..
6. Licensor’s Sales of Ink to Licensee’s Approved Printers
The parties contemplate that Licensee will cause the Products to be printed by one or more Approved Printers. Nocopi shall have no legal obligation to authorize a third party to serve as an Approved Printer hereunder unless such third party agrees (1) to purchase all required Rub-It & Color ink (the “Ink”) from Licensor under and pursuant to the General Terms and Conditions of Sale attached hereto as Exhibit G, (2) to meet and satisfy all written and reasonable specifications issued by Nocopi with respect to the handling, storage and use of the Ink, (3) to provide access to its printing facilities from time to time sufficient to enable Nocopi to assess compliance with Nocopi’s written specifications and quality control procedures, (4) to execute, together with Licensee, and abide by the Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement (the “NDA”) attached hereto as Exhibit H, and (5) not to print any Products containing the Ink at a facility located within the No-print Territory.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the General Terms and Conditions of Sale, all Ink sold by Licensor hereunder shall be paid for by the Approved Printer (or by Licensee, if the Approved Printer fails to remit any amount in a timely manner) as follows: One half (50%) upon the date of delivery to the port of entry or airport then servicing the facilities of the Approved Printer, and one half (50%) within thirty (30) days after the date of such delivery. Licensor shall use commercially reasonable efforts, and in any event efforts that are at least comparable to those it uses to protect its own confidential information, not to disclose, or permit the disclosure of, the identities of Licensee’s Approved Printer(s) to any of Licensee’s known competitors.
To the extent that there are any inconsistencies between the provisions in the General Terms and Conditions of Sale and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement will prevail.
Within a reasonable time period after the Effective Date, Licensor agrees to have independent laboratories perform a reasonable number of testings and to provide written certifications to Licensee and any Approved Printer that then-current samples of the Ink and the then-current Ink’s chemical formulations satisfy the requirements of not being toxic or a skin/eye irritant as defined in 16 CFR §1500.3(b)(5) and (8), and (ii) the requirements of ASTM Standard F-963 for heavy metals content and lead content pursuant to 16 CFR §1303, (iii) ASTM Standard D-4236, (iv) Toxological Risk Assessment (Acute Eye/Skin/Oral Toxicity Evaluation), (v) USP 51 Preservative Effectiveness, (vi) USP 61 Microbial Cleanliness and (iv) any other children’s safety standards to which Licensor submits the Ink for testing. If Licensee desires Licensor to obtain additional testings and/or certifications beyond those that are customarily provided by Licensor or that, in Licensor’s reasonable opinion, are excessive in comparison to the royalties being generated under this Agreement, Licensor reserves the right to require Licensee to share equally in the costs of such additional testings and certifications.

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After (i) execution of the NDA and this Agreement, and (ii) Licensor’s approval of any Approved Printer, Licensor shall provide samples of the Ink to Licensee’s Approved Printer, and shall also make a technical representative available at a mutually convenient time to provide reasonable introductory technological assistance to Licensee’s Approved Printer with regard to use of the Ink. Licensee shall reimburse Licensor for one half (50%) of such representative’s actual travel, lodging and subsistence expenses, plus his other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses thereby incurred.
Licensor agrees to sell its Ink to Licensee’s Approved Printers at the initial rate of between $12.50 to $16.50 (USD) per pound, depending on Ink color and quantity and packaging requirements. Licensor shall not increase the price for the Ink during the initial twelve (12) months in which this Agreement remains in effect and, thereafter, by written notice delivered to the Approved Printer and the Licensee at least sixty (60) days prior to the date that the price increase is effective, may increase the price for the Ink on an annual basis subject to the limitation that the increase may not by more than the greater of (i) ten percent (10%) of the price applicable for the prior per year or (ii) the actual increases in the costs of raw materials to produce the Ink on a dollar-for-dollar basis in accordance with appropriate supporting documentation. Licensor agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to limit the increases in the costs of raw materials required to produce the Ink.
7. Insurance and Indemnification
Licensee shall maintain throughout the Term of this Agreement and for two (2) years thereafter insurance policies with reputable insurers with an AM Best rating of ‘A’ who are satisfactory to Licensor, including Comprehensive General Liability, and Product Liability, with a minimum limit of $5,000,000.00. To the extent not paid by the Approved Printer or its insurance carriers, Licensee, to the best of its financial capabilities, will indemnify, defend and hold Licensor harmless from and against any liabilities, claims and damages of any kind, and all costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from or relating to an Approved Printer’s improper disclosure, dissemination or use of the Ink or the Patented Ink Technology in violation of this Agreement, any NDA entered into by Licensee or the Approved Printer, or applicable patent and other intellectual property laws.
Licensee’s liability to Licensor under this Agreement shall not be limited to Licensee’s insurance coverage. Licensee shall provide Licensor with a certificate of insurance evidencing the required coverage, and showing Licensor as a named additional insured, and will provide at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of policy cancellation or modification. Licensee shall also provide Licensor with updated certificates of insurance on the renewal anniversary of any policies required under this Agreement.
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Licensor warrants that it is the owner and/or patent holder of the Licensed Patents, and that Licensee’s use of the Patented Ink Technology as authorized by this Agreement will not violate or infringe upon the patent issued by any country in North America, or, to the knowledge of the Licensor, any proprietary rights of any third parties. Licensor warrants that each of the Licensed Patents is as of the date of this Agreement in full force and effect and that the Licensor will during the continuance of the term of this Agreement take all actions that are necessary or appropriate to maintain those Licensed Patents in full force and effect. Licensor shall defend at its own expense, with counsel of its choosing, any third-party action, suit, claim or proceeding (“Claim”) brought against Licensee alleging that the Licensee’s use of the Patented Ink Technology as authorized by this Agreement infringes upon or misappropriates any such third-party’s rights under any patent issued by any country in North America or other proprietary rights. Licensee may elect at its sole expense to participate in such defense through its legal counsel. Licensor shall pay, to the best of its financial capabilities, any damages finally awarded against Licensee in connection with such Claim or constituting a settlement of such Claim. Licensor shall not be required to pay any settlement that it has not approved. If infringement is held to exist, Licensor shall, at its own expense and its sole option, either supply to Licensee suitable replacements for the infringing material, or Licensor may terminate this Agreement. In either instance, to the best of its financial capabilities, Licensor shall be liable to the Licensee for the damages and expenses incurred by the Licensee solely as a result of such infringement, including, without limitation, any damages that result from the option elected by the Licensor pursuant to the preceding sentence. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of Licensor under this subparagraph shall be inapplicable to any Claim that alleges, in whole or in part, that Licensee printed or caused any Products to be printed at facilities located within the No-print Territory, and shall be contingent upon Licensee promptly notifying Licensor in writing of such Claim, providing all necessary information and fully cooperating as reasonably required by the Licensor, at Licensee’s expense, in the defense of such Claim.
Licensee shall notify Licensor of any activities by third parties that may constitute a potential infringement or be in violation of Licensor’s Patented Ink Technology and which may from time to time come to the attention of Licensee. If such third party is a customer of Licensee, Licensee shall notify the third party customer of the existence of Licensor’s Patented Ink Technology and Licensee’s role as exclusive licensee for the manufacture of Products containing the Patented Ink Technology in the Exclusive Territory. If the third party customer promptly agrees in writing to refrain from using the Patented Ink Technology except in Products purchased from Licensee, Licensor will take no further action against the third party customer.
If other third parties’ activities may constitute a potential infringement of the Patented Ink Technology, Licensor shall be responsible for taking the steps it deems appropriate to address such infringement, including at Licensor’s sole discretion the institution of legal proceedings against such third party. Such litigation shall be under the sole control of the Licensor. Licensor may consult with the Licensee on the conduct of such litigation and the Licensee agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Licensor in connection with such litigation, for example, by providing at its own expense any information within its possession reasonably required for use in such

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litigation. Any award or settlement of damages as a result of such litigation shall belong to the Licensor. This provision shall not preclude the Licensee from separately seeking recovery from the third party of damages incurred by the Licensee as a result of such infringement; provided, however, that Licensee shall not institute any action seeking such a separate recovery from a third party without reasonable prior written notice to Licensor.
If any material portion of the Patented Ink Technology is found to be invalid or unenforceable by an appellate court of competent jurisdiction, or by a lower court of competent jurisdiction whose decision Licensor elects not to appeal in a timely manner, or if a settlement of such litigation occurs which in effect eliminates the patent protection on the Patented Ink Technology, then either Party may elect to terminate this Agreement by written notice to the other Party. Any award or settlement of damages as a result of third party litigation challenging the patent protection of the Patented Ink Technology which results in payment to such third party shall be the responsibility of Licensor unless it can be shown that the infringement was caused by Licensee using the Patented Ink Technology in a manner inconsistent with the intended uses set forth in this Agreement.
Licensor makes the following limited warranty (“Limited Warranty”) to Licensee with respect to the Patented Ink Technology and the Ink: (1) for press-ready one-part Ink (i.e., Ink that requires no combining of parts or additives prior to printing) for a period ending upon the first to occur of either (a) ninety (90) days after the date of manufacture, or (b) thirty (30) days after being opened, and (2) for non press-ready two-part Ink (i.e., Ink which is supplied in parts and requires combining or additional additives prior to printing) for a period ending upon the first to occur of either (a) one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of manufacture, or (b) thirty (30) days after being opened (either, the “Warranty Period”), the Inks will print on standard flexographic presses in substantial conformance with (a) any written specifications for such Inks previously agreed to in writing by the parties, and (b) any Ink samples previously furnished by Licensor to Licensee, if applied to similar substrates and handled, stored and used in compliance with Licensor’s written specifications. Insignificant printing non-conformances that do not materially adversely affect the marketability of the Products are expressly excluded from this Limited Warranty, as are non-conformances that cannot be verified and reproduced by Licensor.
Licensor shall not be responsible for any failure of the Inks to perform as warranted if such failure is caused by Licensee’s or its Approved Printer’s misuse or improper use of the Ink, by problems with third party products not provided by Licensor, by the Inks being applied to substrates not authorized by Licensor, or by the Inks not being handled or stored in compliance with Licensor’s directions and specifications. Subject to the provisions below for indemnity from third-party claims, Licensor’s sole obligation and Licensee’s sole and exclusive remedy for any breach of the foregoing Limited Warranty will be, upon Licensee’s return of the non-conforming Ink to Licensor during the Warranty Period and Licensor’s verifying the non-conformance, for Licensor to furnish

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replacement Ink at no additional cost to Licensee. Any replacement Ink will be warranted for the Warranty Period set forth above.
Notwithstanding Licensor’s right to undertake quality control inspections, Licensee understands that Licensor shall be under no obligation to conduct any such inspections or to advise Licensor if its Approved Printer is not performing in accordance with Licensor’s written specifications. Licensee acknowledges that Licensee is solely responsible for determining the compliance by its Approved Printer with such written specifications. Licensee acknowledges that its investments in implementing this Agreement are made at Licensee’s own risk and are the result of Licensee’s independent evaluation of the Ink, this Agreement, and the business opportunities presented hereby.
Subject to the provisions below for indemnity from third-party claims, neither Licensor nor any of its affiliates, agents or representatives will have any responsibility or liability for any claims, demands, losses, injuries or damages of any kind, including but not limited to punitive or consequential damages (such as, without limitation, the cost to reprint books or replace merchandise, lost profits, lost revenues, lost savings or other economic losses), caused to or suffered in any manner by Licensee resulting from (i) breach of the foregoing Limited Warranty, (ii) Licensee’s marketing, distribution and sale of Products containing the Patented Ink Technology, or (iii) Licensee’s or any third party’s use of the Products containing the Patented Ink Technology, whether or not Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and whether based on breach of contract, warranty or statutory duty, negligence, strict liability or other tort, principles of indemnity, contribution or otherwise. As an exception, but only to the extent actually paid by any insurance coverage under policies then held by Licensor, the Licensor will indemnify, defend (through counsel selected by Licensor or its insurer) and will hold the Licensee harmless from and against loss, liability, damage or expense (including, without limitation, attorney fees [if no defense is provided] and related expenses) suffered or incurred by the Licensee as a result of claims made by third parties against the Licensee that are solely the result of a breach by the Licensor of its Limited Warranty. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Licensor’s obligations in the preceding sentence shall be inapplicable to any claims that allege, in whole or in part, that Licensee printed or caused any Products to be printed at facilities located within the No-print Territory.
Except for the Limited Warranty set forth above and except for Licensor’s warranty regarding patents of third parties set forth above, neither Licensor nor any of its affiliates, agents or representatives makes or gives any warranty, express or implied with respect to the Patented Ink Technology or the Ink, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and Licensee hereby indemnifies Licensor and its affiliates, agents and representatives and shall save them and hold them harmless against any claims, demands, losses or damages of whatsoever kind caused to or suffered by them as a result of Licensee’s marketing, distribution and sale of Products containing the Patented Ink Technology.

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9. No Sublicensing by Licensee
This Agreement is personal to Licensee and may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by Licensee, except (i) to an entity wholly owned and controlled by Licensee, or (ii) to an entity in which the Licensee is merged or an entity to which the Licensee sells or otherwise transfers substantially all of its assets and its good will; provided, however, no such transfer or assignment may be made to a proposed assignee or transferee who is a competitor to the Licensor in the development and licensing of ink products.
10. Assignment of Patents
Subject to Licensor’s right in its sole and unfettered discretion to sell or otherwise transfer its Licensed Patents to an entity into which Licensor is merged or an entity that acquires all or substantially all of Licensor’s common stock or assets, the Licensor reserves the right in other circumstances to sell or otherwise assign one or more of the Licensed Patents and all or any rights under one or more of the Licensed Patents (an “Assignment”) subject to the following:
o If during the term of this Agreement the Licensor receives an offer for an Assignment containing terms acceptable to the Licensor (an “Offer”), then before acceptance, the Licensor shall deliver a copy of that Offer to the Licensee and identify to the Licensee the proposed assignee (the “Assignee”) and, in such event, the Licensee shall have the right (the “Refusal Right”), exercisable by written notice delivered to the Licensor within thirty (30) days following the date of the Licensee’s receipt of the Offer (and “Acceptance”), to acquire the Patent(s) or the rights under the Patent(s) that are described in the Offer at the price and on the terms and conditions stated in that Offer. If the Licensee delivers the Acceptance within the period specified above, then the Licensor and Licensee shall proceed with the closing of the Assignment on the later of the date specified in the Offer or sixtieth (60th) business day after the date that the Licensee received the Offer. If the Licensee does not deliver the Acceptance within the period specified above, then the Licensor may proceed with the closing of the Assignment to the Assignee on the date specified in the Offer.
o If Licensee does not exercise the Refusal Right to an Assignment as provided above and the Licensor proceeds with the Assignment to the Assignee, the rights of the Assignee with respect to the Patent(s) and rights under Patent(s) that are the subject of that Assignment shall be subject to the rights of the Licensee under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, if the Assignment includes any rights with respect to the Ink, the Assignee, as a condition to the Assignment, shall assume in writing and shall thereafter be obligated to supply the Ink to the Licensee and its Approved Printers as provided in this Agreement. No Assignment shall relieve the Licensor of its obligations to the Licensee under this Agreement unless otherwise agreed n writing by the Licensor.
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Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing, including via facsimile, and must be sent to the Party at the address first noted above for that Party, or at such other address as that Party may have designated in the manner prescribed herein. Unless a time period is expressly defined by business days, any other reference to “day” or “days” in this Agreement means calendar days.
12. Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure
Licensee hereby acknowledges and affirms all terms and conditions set forth in the Non-Disclosure Agreement previously executed on behalf of Licensor. In addition, as a condition to this Agreement, Licensee shall execute, together with any Approved Printer, an additional Confidentiality & Non-Disclosure Agreement with Licensor containing terms and conditions satisfactory to Licensor.
13. Term of Agreement
This Agreement shall commence on April 1, 2006, and shall remain in effect until December 31, 2009 (the “Initial Term”) unless the Agreement is extended (i) by the Parties’ mutual written agreement or (ii) by Licensee under the circumstances set forth in this Section 13, or unless the Agreement is terminated before the end of the Initial Term for a reason expressly set forth in this Section 13 or elsewhere contained in the Agreement.
Upon written notice to Licensor received not later than five (5) business days after the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, Licensee shall have the automatic right to renew this Agreement for additional period of three (3) years (each, a “Renewal Term”) if during the Annual Period ending December 31, 2009 (the “2009 Annual Period”) or during the last Annual Period of each Renewal Term, Licensee generates Annual Royalties through actual shipments of the Products at least equal to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00). During each Annual Period of any Renewal Term, Licensee shall be required to generate Minimum Annual Royalties with respect to Product shipments at least equal to One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) per year. The Initial Term and any Renewal Terms are sometimes referred to as the “Term.”
The Licensor may terminate this Agreement in the time and manner stated in Section 4 if the Annual Royalty payable on the basis of Licensee’s actual sales of Products for the 2009 Annual Period or any later Annual Period does not equal the Minimum Annual Royalty applicable to that Annual Period.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of Licensee’s liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, winding up, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any similar procedure.
The Licensee shall have the option to terminate this Agreement in the event of Licensor’s liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, winding up, assignment for the benefit of creditors,

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or any similar procedure, but if the Licensee does not elect to terminate, then this Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Licensee hereunder, shall remain in full force and effect, binding upon and inuring to the benefit of the Licensee and the party succeeding to the Licensor’s rights and obligations hereunder.
This Agreement shall also terminate if, subsequent to its effective date, Licensee asserts the invalidity of any aspect of the Patented Ink Technology, coupled with or followed by either Licensee’s withholding or notice of its intention to withhold, or denial of any obligation to pay any sums due hereunder, or by Licensee’s initiation or participation in any suit, action or proceeding challenging or denying the validity of any aspect of Licensor’s Patented Ink Technology.
Finally, in the event of any breach by either Party of its obligations under this Agreement or the breach by the Licensor of its obligations to supply Ink to the Licensee’s Approved Printers and, in any such event, the breach is not cured to the reasonable satisfaction of the non-breaching Party within ten (10) calendar days after written notice from the non-breaching Party if the breach relates to the non-payment of money, or within thirty (30) calendar days after such written notice for any other type of breach, the non-breaching Party, at its election may affirm this Agreement and seek and secure specific performance by the breaching Party of its obligations under this Agreement or may terminate this Agreement and, in either instance, may seek and secure reimbursement for damages incurred as a result of such breach..
Termination of this Agreement for any reason shall not affect obligations accruing before the effective date of such termination, or any obligation which is stated in the Agreement to survive termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement on account of Licensee’s uncured default, then, in addition to any other remedies at law or equity, Licensee shall forthwith pay to Licensor the remainder of the Annual Minimum Royalties due for the balance of the Term. In the event of termination of this Agreement on account of Licensor’s uncured default, the Licensee shall have such rights and remedies at law or equity as are permitted under applicable law.
14. Force Majeure
Each Party shall be excused from delays in performing or from its failure to perform hereunder to the extent that such delays or failures result from causes beyond the reasonable control of such Party. Performance times shall be considered extended for a period of time equivalent to the time lost because of such delay. This Section shall be inapplicable to any failure to make a payment of money due under the Agreement.
15. Dispute Resolution
In the event of any dispute between the Parties relating to money damages under this Agreement, the Parties shall submit such dispute to non-binding mediation conducted by a mediator appointed by the American Arbitration Association’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office, and the mediation shall take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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The expenses of the mediator shall be equally shared unless the mediator determines otherwise. If non-binding mediation is unsuccessful in resolving the dispute within ninety (90) calendar days after the mediator’s appointment, the Parties shall submit such dispute to binding arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator appointed by the AAA’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office, and the arbitration shall take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The expenses of the arbitrator shall be shared equally unless the arbitrator determines otherwise. The arbitrator shall award the prevailing Party recovery of its reasonable attorney’s fees, but each Party shall otherwise bear its own expenses incurred in connection with the mediation or arbitration. The arbitrator’s award may be enforced by any court having jurisdiction over the Parties.
16. Other Provisions
If, in the event of Licensor’s liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, winding up, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any similar procedure or the breach by the Licensor of any obligation under this Agreement or the breach by the Licensor of its obligations to supply Ink to the Licensee’s Approved Printers and the failure of the Licensor to remedy that breach within the period permitted under Section 13, the Licensee does not elect to terminate this Agreement and instead affirms and continues this Agreement, and if the Licensor thereafter does not or cannot supply to the Licensee or its Approved Printers the Ink required in order to produce the Products, then the Licensor shall provide to the Licensee all technical and other information required by the Licensee in order to continue manufacturing the Product, including but not limited to, all formulations for the Ink (including percentage of each ingredient, CAS numbers for each ingredient and MSDS sheets for each ingredient) and for manufacturing the Ink (including sources of ink ingredients, sources for ink manufacturing, ingredient storage requirements, mixing methods, ocean and air shipping specifications and any other specialized processing that may be required).
The sections of this Agreement relating to Representations, Limited Warranty and Damage Limitations and to Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure shall continue in full force and effect and shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason. Notwithstanding termination of the Agreement, Licensee may use any Ink then on hand which has been fully paid for; otherwise, such Ink shall be promptly returned to Licensor or destroyed.
The Parties are contractors independent of each other, and this Agreement does not create a joint venture or partnership. Neither Party has the authority to bind the other Party to any third party.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to the conflicts of laws or principles thereof. Any action or suit seeking equitable or injunctive relief related to this Agreement shall be brought only in the state or federal courts covering Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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If either Party prevails in any action hereunder, it shall, in addition, be entitled to recover its reasonable attorney’s fees.
This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties as to its subject matter and supersedes all prior discussions between the Parties. Neither Party shall be bound by any terms or conditions with respect to such subject matters other than as expressly provided herein, or in a further written instrument executed by both Parties on or after the date of this Agreement. No modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by both Parties. A waiver of a breach under this Agreement shall not be a waiver of any subsequent breach hereunder. Failure of either Party to enforce compliance with any term or condition of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such term or condition. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision is to that extent to be deemed omitted, and the remaining provisions shall not be affected in any way.
Section headings are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of the paragraphs to which they relate.
In witness whereof, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above, intending to be legally bound.
         
Nocopi Technologies, Inc.
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EX-10.15 3 w32733exv10w15.htm ADDENDUM #1 TO PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT exv10w15
 

Exhibit 10.15
Addendum #1 to Patent License Agreement
This Addendum to Patent License Agreement is between Nocopi Technologies, Inc. (Licensor) and Giddy Up, LLC and Color Loco, LLC (jointly and severally, Licensee)
1. Background
Licensor and Licensee are parties to a Patent License Agreement (the Agreement) effective April 1, 2006. All capitalized words appearing in this Addendum shall have the same definitions set forth in the Agreement. The parties intend, by this Addendum, to expand the scope of the License to include Activating Markers. Except as expressly modified by this Addendum, the License to use the Patented Ink Technology with Activating Markers shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the Agreement.
2. Expanded License Grant
The License is hereby expanded to include Activating Markers. “Activating Markers” are defined as children’s merchandise such as soft cover books, activity/art kits, stationery, stickers, and sticker books, whether or not the suggested retail price is in excess of or below $2.50 per item, utilizing Licensor’s Patented Ink Technology that is activated solely by use of a Activating marker, pen or other device, and not by scratching or rubbing. If an item of merchandise includes an Activating Marker but is also marketed to permit or enable the Patented Ink Technology to be activated by scratching or rubbing, it shall be considered a Product or Other Product under the Agreement, and not an Activating Marker under this Addendum.
3. Annual Royalties Based on Shipments of Activating Markers
Separate and apart from the Annual Royalties and Quarterly Royalties set forth in the Agreement, Licensee shall pay Licensor an Annual Royalty and Quarterly Royalty, in the manner set forth in the Agreement, with respect to all Activating Markers that are billed and shipped. The royalty rate applicable to Activating Markers shall always be three percent (3%), payable as set forth in the Agreement. With each Quarterly Royalty relating to shipments of Activating Markers, Licensee shall provide Licensor with a Report containing the information required by the Agreement and sufficient to enable Licensor to differentiate sales of Activating Markers from Licensee’s sales of Products or Other Products. The 3% royalty rate applicable to shipments of Activating Markers shall not be modified or reduced whether or not the merchandise contains licensed marks of third parties (e.g., Disney, Sesame Street, etc.), or whether or not the customers purchasing the Activating Markers would otherwise qualify as Special Rate Customers.
4. No Minimum Annual Royalties Based on Shipments of Activating Markers
Licensee shall actively promote the sale of Activating Markers during the Term of the Agreement; provided, however, that anything in the Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) Licensee shall have no minimum royalty obligations during the

 


 

Development Period or any Annual Period thereafter with respect to Activating Markers, and (b) sales of Activating Markers shall not be count towards or be applied as a credit against any minimum royalties, Annual Royalties or Quarterly Royalties otherwise required in the Agreement.
5. Licensor’s Sales of Ink to Licensee’s Approved Printers
Upon the commencement date of this Addendum, Licensee shall use its best commercial efforts to cause its Approved Printers to purchase Ink for use with its Activating Markers from Licensor. Commencing on June 1, 2007, Licensee shall cause its Approved Printers exclusively to purchase Ink for use with its Activating Markers from Licensor and shall exclusively use such Ink with its Activating Markers. Licensor shall sell its Ink for use with the Activating Markers to Licensee’s Approved Printers as contemplated by the Agreement.
6. Term of Addendum
This Addendum shall commence on August 1, 2006, and, unless sooner terminated, shall remain in effect during the Term of the Agreement. This Addendum and the rights and obligations set forth herein shall terminate automatically upon termination or expiration of the Agreement for any reason. In addition, if either Party breaches any of its obligations under this Addendum and fails to cure such breach to the reasonable satisfaction of the non-breaching Party within ten (10) calendar days after written notice from the non-breaching Party if the breach relates to the non-payment of money, or within thirty (30) calendar days after such written notice for any other type of breach, the non-breaching Party, at its election may affirm this Addendum and seek and secure specific performance by the breaching Party of its obligations under this Addendum or may terminate this Addendum (without terminating the Agreement unless such breach also constitutes a breach of the Agreement) and, in either instance, may seek and secure reimbursement for damages incurred as a result of such breach.
In witness whereof, the Parties execute this Addendum as of the commencement date set forth above, intending to be legally bound.
         
Nocopi Technologies, Inc.
  Giddy Up, LLC    
 
       
 
Title:
 
 
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Color Loco, LLC
       
 
       
 
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
I, Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Nocopi Technologies, Inc., certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Nocopi Technologies, Inc.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
 
  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 16, 2007
/s/ Michael A Feinstein, M.D.
Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
I, Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nocopi Technologies, Inc., certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Nocopi Technologies, Inc.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
 
  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 16, 2007
/s/ Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt
Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT 32
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Nocopi Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, Michael A. Feinstein, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, and Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that;
(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)-14(b) or Section 15(d)-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
/s/ Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.
Michael A. Feinstein, M.D.
/s/ Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt
Rudolph A. Lutterschmidt

 

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