FLEXPOINT SENSOR SYSTEMS INC - Quarter Report: 2021 March (Form 10-Q)

NOTE 2 – GOING CONCERN

The Company continues to accumulate significant operating losses and has an accumulated deficit of $29,606,138 at March 31, 2021.  These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

Management is seeking additional funding to provide operating capital for its operations until such time as revenues are sufficient to sustain our level of operations.  However, there is no assurance that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, if at all.

NOTE 3 – NOTES PAYABLE

The Company applied for and received a Small Business Administration loan under the Paycheck Protection Program in the amount of $59,500.  The loan was funded on April 30, 2020, bears an interest rate of 1% per annum and has a maturity date of April 30, 2022.  The funds obtained under this loan were used for the payment of salaries, health insurance costs, rent and utilities, all of which expenses qualify for the loan forgiveness under the terms of the loan. The Company has applied for forgiveness of both the principal of the note and all accrued unpaid interest.

The Company applied for and was granted a second Paycheck Protection Program loan on February 25, 2021, also in the amount of $59,500. The agreement provides an interest rate of 1%.  The Company may begin making monthly payments of $1,017 starting April 5, 2021, or it may elect to defer payments until sixteen months from the date of the loan funding, providing time for the Company to file for forgiveness of the loan and accrued interest.  The Company will elect to defer payment for the time specified, anticipating that during that time period the request for forgiveness will be filed, reviewed and approved. As no payments will be made within the coming year the total $59,500 is shown in the long-term liability section of the balance sheet.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company received three payments of $25,000 each from one of the convertible note holders in Note 4, as working capital loans to enable the Company to meet its obligations for operating expenses.  While it is the intent of both parties to enter into a convertible note, of which these payments will be a part, no terms, either as to conversion rate, interest rate, or maturity date have been agreed upon as of this date. Until such agreement is reached the balance of $75,000 as of March 31, 2021 is unsecured, non-interest bearing and due on demand.  

In August 2020 the Company received $50,000 from a large shareholder to meet operating expenses. The shareholder indicated that he would want the $50,000 loan repaid when the Company was in a position to do so. The shareholder subsequently provided an additional $5,000, for a total loan of $55,000.  This loan has not formally been documented by a note at the time of this filing, and there is no term or interest on the note.  During the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, $10,000 of the loan was repaid to the shareholder, leaving a remaining balance of $45,000.

NOTE 4 – CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE

Convertible Note Payable

At March 31, 2021, there are notes outstanding with principal balances which total $510,000. Of the notes, $470,000 are convertible notes bearing a 10% annual rate of interest (with a 15% default rate) and are convertible into shares of common stock at the rate of $0.05 to $0.07 per share.  $40,000 is a convertible note entered into on August 8, 2011 with a former Company Director, at a rate of $0.20 per share.  That note was due on December 31, 2015 and bears a default interest rate of 10%.

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Convertible Note Payable - Related Party

At March 31, 2021, there are notes outstanding with two directors of the Company with balances of $164,257 and $54,257, respectively.  The notes bear an 8% annual rate of interest with a 12% default rate and are convertible into shares of restricted common stock. Of the notes, $114,514 is convertible into shares of restricted common stock at $0.07 per share and $104,000 of the notes are convertible at $0.06 per share.  All of these notes have a maturity date of March 31, 2021.

NOTE 5 – STOCK OPTION PLANS

On August 25, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company approved and adopted the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan). The Plan became effective upon its adoption by the Board and continued in effect for ten years, terminating on August 25, 2015.  This plan was approved by the stockholders of the Company at their annual meeting of shareholders on November 22, 2005. Under the Plan, the exercise price for all options issued will not be less than the average quoted closing market price of the Company’s trading common stock for the thirty-day period immediately preceding the grant date plus a premium of ten percent.  The maximum aggregate number of shares that may be awarded under the plan is 2,500,000 shares.  The Company continues to utilize the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for calculating the fair value of the options granted as defined by ASC Topic 718, which is an acceptable valuation approach under ASC 718. This model requires the input of subjective assumptions, including the expected price volatility of the underlying stock.

On August 24, 2015, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of options to purchase 2,185,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  Of the total issued, 1,960,000 options were issued to replace options held by directors and employees which were to expire and 225,000 options were issued to new employees.  Of the options issued, 640,000 have an option price of $0.14 per share, 500,000 have an option price of $0.15 per share, 995,000 have an option price of $0.20 per share, and 50,000 have an option price of $0.25 per share.  Options issued as replacement shall have immediate vesting terms. Options which are not replacements shall vest over a two year, four month period in equal installments on the last day of 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively.  

Projected data related to the expected volatility and expected life of stock options is based upon historical and other information, and notably, the Company's common stock has limited trading history. Changes in these subjective assumptions can materially affect the fair value of the estimate, and therefore, the existing valuation models do not provide a precise measure of the fair value of the Company's employee stock options.

Between August 25, 2005 and August 25, 2019, the Company granted options to employees to purchase an aggregate 3,096,000 shares of common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.15 to $2.07 per share.  The options all vested by December 31, 2017 and expire 10 years from the date of grant.  

On December 30, 2020 the Board of Directors approved the revaluation of all outstanding stock options, reducing the option price to $0.05 per share.  The Company recorded a charge of $8,203 as the result of this change.

As of the years ended December 31, 2005 through 2020, the Company recognized a total of $2,451,971 of stock-based compensation expense, which includes charges of $8,203 in 2020, leaving $0 in unrecognized expense as of December 31, 2020. There were 1,900,000 employee stock options outstanding at March 31, 2021.   

A summary of all employee options outstanding and exercisable under the plan as of March 31, 2021 is set forth below:

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NOTE 6 – CAPITAL STOCK

Preferred Stock – There are 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share authorized.  At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

Common Stock – There are 200,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share authorized.  At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 114,396,242 and 99,713,464 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, respectively.  The Company issued 14,682,778 shares of restricted common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

NOTE 7 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company currently occupies approximately 12,548 square feet of office and manufacturing space from Stockyard, LLC.  The building is located in a business park in Draper, Utah that consists primarily of high-tech manufacturing firms and is located adjacent to Utah’s main interstate highway.  The Company entered into a new lease in 2019 for this facility.  The lease entered into is a month-to-month lease with a 90-day termination clause and includes a basic lease payment as well as an additional component for building costs and taxes.  The basic lease rate for Year 1 is $12,000 a month; it increases 3% each year thereafter.  With the basic and additional component, the Company expects to pay a total lease payment of approximately $14,635 per month in 2021.  The Company evaluated the lease under the new lease accounting standard and determined that it was a short-term lease due to the month-to-month provision and the 90-day notice of termination clause.

NOTE 8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

At March 31, 2021, there was $10,000 payable to the Chief Executive Officer.  At December 31, 2020, the Company had amounts of $5,200 payable to its Chief Executive Officer for funds provided to meet the operating expense obligations of the Company.  

In May 2019, the Company converted the amounts payable to officers to convertible notes in the amounts of $22,000 and $17,000.  The notes bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum with a default rate of 12%, are convertible into shares of common stock at $0.06 per share, and have a maturity date of March 31, 2021.

See also Note 4 – Convertible Note Payable – Related Party

NOTE 9 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has received $50,000 in loans subsequent to March 31, 2021.  The loans were provided by the same investor group as the $75,000 received during the three months ended March 31, 2021.  It is the intent of the parties to enter into a convertible note for all of the funds advanced, but as of this date no terms have been proposed or agreed upon.

In April 2021 the Company received notice that its application for forgiveness of the initial $59,500 loan received under the SBA’s PPP program had been granted, with full forgiveness of all principal and interest.

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In this quarterly report references to “Flexpoint", "the Company," “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) encourages reporting companies to disclose forward-looking information so that investors can better understand future prospects and make informed investment decisions.  This report contains these types of statements. Words such as “may,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” or “continue” or comparable terminology used in connection with any discussion of future operating results or financial performance identify forward-looking statements.  You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report.  All forward-looking statements reflect our present expectation of future events and are subject to a number of important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. is a company engaged principally in improving its unique sensor technology, expanding its suite of products, developing new sensor applications, obtaining financing and seeking long-term sustainable manufacturing contracts.  Our operations have not yet commenced to a commercially sustainable level and include designing, engineering, manufacturing and selling sensor technology and products featuring our Bend Sensor^® technology and equipment.

The COVID-19 Pandemic (“the Pandemic”) has had a dramatic effect on our business as well as the business of our customers.  The wide-ranging effects on the world wide business market has led to a general reluctance for businesses to move forward with entering into major commitments until their future markets have been clarified. Because of this, we have experienced a significant slowdown in the size and number of orders received and, while we cannot predict when the influence of the Pandemic will end, we have recently experienced an upturn in orders and we expect that orders will return to their former levels and even increase following a return to normal business operations.  

On August 20, 2019 the Company announced the development of the world’s first digital bend sensor capable of automatically compensating for changes in the environment, thus guaranteeing consistent performance across temperature and humidity variables. Easily integrated into multiple applications, the data gathered by the sensor will be digitally converted and transmitted, enhancing performance.

The Bend Sensor has traditionally been offered in analog form, but most engineers prefer sensors with digital interfaces such as accelerometers. More attractive to online catalog distributors, Flexpoint’s Digital Bend Sensor (DBS) has an intuitive nature, is more easily integrated with existing products, simplifies design and more importantly, reduces time to market.  

The Company feels that with the ease and simplicity of the digital bend sensor technology, the soon to be released product will bring new opportunities and create various additional applications for Flexpoint’s Bend Sensor Technology.

On July 25, 2019, the Company announced that they had filed a provisional patent for the new “Swell Sensor” designed to detect and stop a Lithium ion or Lithium Polymer battery from charging or discharging, preventing a thermal runway; one of the major ways battery fires occur.

Li-ion and Li-polymer batteries are used today in everything from phones to electric cars. Flexpoint’s technology included in the provisional patent provides a method to protect these batteries, their products and those who use them every day, measuring the expansion or swelling of the battery effectively stopping a potentially dangerous state.

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Batteries become over heated, over charged, or simply fail due to old age. When this occurs, it is possible for the inner cells of the battery to outgas a flammable electrolyte mixture, causing the battery to swell. The Flexpoint Sensor addresses the swollen battery effect, as batteries are designed to contain as a failsafe the measure of out gassing. The Flexpoint Swell Sensor detects the condition, effectively shutting down the short circuit.  Without this type of detection, some batteries can eventually reach temperatures over 1000º F. Designed to detect the dangerous expansion and stop a Lithium ion or Lithium polymer battery from charging or discharging, the Flexpoint battery expansion sensor was created to prevent thermal runaway—how most battery fires occur. The battery expansion sensor can detect a swollen battery and take appropriate action, effectively shutting it down and sending a notice to the user that the battery is no longer safe.

The Company is currently collaborating with three Fortune 100 companies involving the battery expansion sensor. The overall testing phases range from six to nine months. With confidentiality agreements in place, Flexpoint is now in development with these and other companies to integrate the Battery Expansion Sensor (BXS) into their products. Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. has designed a low cost, viable solution.

On October 18, 2018, the Company announced it had signed a five-year manufacturing and supply agreement with Counted LLC.  Counted LLC conceived of a medication delivery monitoring system and dispensing monitoring system.  Flexpoint designed and produced the monitoring system with Flexpoint features, Flexpoint technology and Flexpoint designed electronics to track and report the dispensing of medications in real time.  The information has the potential to be transmitted to physicians, pharmacists and government agencies.  Prototypes have been built and successfully tested with additional production and testing continuing.  Currently Counted has announced that they do not have sufficient funding to continue with the project and the company is pursuing other avenues to provide the funding or transfer the technology to another entity.  

In the rapidly growing and emerging wearables space, Flexpoint has recently received additional purchase orders from multiple glove manufacturers across various market sub-segments, including medical, gaming and virtual reality. The “speed to market” commercialization plans of these companies are driving this increased order volume.  Flexpoint is aggressively going after this evolving market. The Pandemic has slowed the orders and, while we cannot predict when the influence of the Pandemic will end, we have seen a recent increase in both the size and number of orders and expect this pattern to continue and increase throughout the remainder of 2021 following a return to business.  In aggregate, Bend Sensor^® wearables order volumes are expected to number in the tens of thousands in 2021. The wearables market segment is clearly one where our technology is easily adapted and truly illustrates our technological differentiation.  Flexpoint’s willingness and ability to customize sensors for these innovative companies and deliver them at a competitive price point allows us to deliver real value to our customers.  Again, the Global COVID-19 Pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the orders we have received.    

On June 15, 2020, Flexpoint announced its largest order from Manus VR https://manus-vr.com/, consisting of 1,000 pairs of sensors for gloves to be phased into three deliveries.  All of the product ordered has been delivered.  We have recently received an even larger order from Manus VR which we are currently in the process of producing. The Company’s Bend Sensor® continues to be a part of the world’s most trending sectors, one being the VR/AR market. The VR/AR industry is predicted to reach more than $25 billion by 2025 and show steady growth, thereafter.

Manus VR has many clients of large industries such as Netflix, Google, and Rolls Royce. Manus VR is widely known for its role in virtual reality gaming and recently announced its newest design, Manus Polygon. Manus Polygon is a tracking system that eliminates the need for any kind of full-body suit, providing a full-body solution for enterprise VR. Manus Polygon is the latest in real-time software to enable fluid full-body motion within any virtual environment.

These groundbreaking glove systems, combined with unique, leading edge software applications, also adapt to a wide range of other applications, including health rehabilitation, unmanned systems control, smartphone interaction and professional training across multiple industries.  In addition to producing an array of Bend Sensors^®, the Company is under agreement to supply integrated assemblies comprised of multiple sensor types and associated electronics.

In the VR/VA marketspace, orders of increasing size and frequency were received during 2019 from Manus VR and Neofect as they strive to fulfill production orders.  Flexpoint also received orders from other global VR/AR customers during 2020.  It is expected those orders will increase as the impact of the Pandemic enables business to resume operations.

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Finalizing long-term, constant revenue generating production contracts with our existing and other customers remains our greatest challenge because our on-going business is dependent on the types of revenues and cash flows generated by such contracts. Cash flow and cash requirement risks are closely tied to and are dependent upon our ability to attract significant long-term production contracts.  This process has been impacted by the recent Pandemic and we are unable to determine what the long-term effect of these impacts will be at this time. We must continue to obtain funding to operate and expand our operations so that we can deliver our unique Bend Sensor^® and Bend Sensor^® related technologies and products to the market.  Management believes that even though we are making positive strides forward with our business plan we will need to raise additional operating capital.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

The challenges posed by the Pandemic in the United States and global economies increased significantly as the first quarter progressed.  Since the onset of the Pandemic, our top priority has been the health and safety of our employees.  During this difficult time, we have worked to ensure that our customers continue to receive quality, personalized service.  

The Pandemic negatively impacted our revenue during the first quarter of 2021.  At this time, it is impossible to accurately predict when this will end.  Many of our clients, to protect their employees, have sharply curtailed operations and have most employees working from home.  The long-term impact of the Pandemic is difficult to assess at this point, as it will be dependent on how rapidly our clients can resume their business operations and place orders with us for the needed sensors incorporated into their products.

Currently our revenue is primarily from product licensing, development, manufacturing and recurring sales with additional contributions to income from design contract, testing and limited production services for prototypes and samples, and is currently at a level to support our operations.  Depending upon the world returning to some form of normalcy following the end of the Pandemic, we believe, based upon current orders and projected orders over the next twelve months, that we could be producing sensors under long-term contracts in the future that will help support our existing operations and potential future growth. Management recognizes such contracts usually go through a long negotiation process and there can be no guarantee that we will be successful in our negotiations or that such contracts will be sufficient to support our current operations in the near future.

In 2020, we relied on the proceeds of convertible loans from existing shareholders, private placements of our common stock, and fees obtained under licensing agreements.  The balances of the convertible notes have a combined total of $728,513 as of March 31, 2021. The notes have an annual interest rate of 8% to 10% and default rates of 10% to 15%, have various maturity dates, and are secured by the Company’s business assets.

Management believes that our current cash burn rate is approximately $60,000 per month and expectations are that it will continue at this rate for the foreseeable future.  If the Pandemic ends and business returns to pre-Pandemic levels, with proceeds from additional convertible notes and estimated revenues for manufacturing, production, engineering design and prototype products should be sufficient to fund the next twelve months of operations.  Our auditors have expressed doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and that we may not realize significant revenue or become profitable within the next twelve months. We will require additional financing to fund our short-term cash needs. We will have to rely on additional debt financing, loans from existing shareholders and private placements of common stock for additional funding. Based upon our anticipated purchase orders over the next twelve months the revenue generated will not be sufficient to cover our operating expenses, based on our current burn rate. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain short-term financing, or that sources of such financing, if any, will continue to be available, and if available, that they will be on terms favorable to us. Nor is there any guarantee that the projected volume of purchase orders will meet the volumes that we anticipate.

As we enter into new agreements, we must ensure that those agreements provide adequate funding for any pre-production research and development and manufacturing costs. If we are successful in establishing agreements with adequate initial funding, management believes that our operations for the long term will be funded by revenues, licensing fees and/or royalties related to these agreements. However, we have formalized only a few agreements during the past four years and there can be no assurance that the agreements will generate sufficient revenues or be profitable in the future or that a desired technological application will be successful enough to produce the volumes and profits necessary to fund our operations.  

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FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Our principal commitments at March 31, 2021 consisted of our operating lease of $14,635 per month, and total liabilities of $3,085,163, which includes $728,513 of convertible notes payable.  Accrued liabilities at March 31, 2021, were $1,936,522 and were related to payroll, payroll tax liabilities, accrued professional expenses, accrued insurance expense, accrued interest expense on notes and accrued paid time off.  

In August 2020 the Company received $50,000 from John Kelley, a large shareholder, to meet operating expenses.  Mr. Kelly indicated that he would want the $50,000 loan repaid when the Company was in a position to do so.  Mr. Kelly subsequently provided an additional $5,000, for a total loan of $55,000.  This loan has not formally been documented by a note at the time of this filing, and there is no term or interest on the note.  During the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, $10,000 of the loan was repaid to Mr. Kelly, leaving a remaining balance of $45,000.

The Company has a few major customers who represent a significant portion of revenue and accounts receivable. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, two customers represented 57% of sales and one customer represented 96% of accounts receivable.  The Company has a strong ongoing relationship with these customers with scheduled product deliveries extending through the year and does not believe this concentration poses a significant risk, as their products are based entirely on the Company’s technologies.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources and would be considered material to investors.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Estimates of particular significance in our financial statements include goodwill and the annual tests for impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets and valuing stock option compensation.  

The Company's goodwill represents the excess of its reorganization value over the fair value of the net assets upon emergence from bankruptcy. Goodwill is not amortized; therefore, we test our goodwill for impairment annually or when a triggering event occur using a fair value approach. A fair value-based test is applied at the overall Company level. The test compares the fair value of the Company to the carrying value of its net assets. The test requires various judgments and estimates. During 2020 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recorded no impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of the goodwill to its estimated fair value. As part of the impairment testing performed at December 31, 2020, the Company considered factors such as the global market volatility, variables in the economy, and the overall uncertainty in the markets that has resulted in a decline in the market price of the Company's stock price and market capitalization for a sustained period, as indicators for potential goodwill impairment.

We test long-lived assets for impairment annually or when a triggering event occurs. Impairment is indicated if undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying value of the assets. The amount of impairment is measured using a discounted-cash-flows model considering future revenues, operating costs and risk-adjusted discount rate and other factors. The analysis compares the present value of projected net cash flows for the remaining current year and next two years against the carrying value of the long-lived assets. If the carrying values of the long-lived assets exceed the present value of the discounted projected revenues an impairment expense would be recognized in the period and the carrying value of the assets would be adjusted accordingly. Impairment tests are conducted on an annual basis and, should they indicate a carrying value in excess of fair value, a charge may be required.

Financial accounting standards require that recognition of the cost of employee services received in exchange for stock options and awards of equity instruments be based on the grant-date fair value of such options and awards and is recognized as an expense in operations over the period they vest. The fair value of the options we have granted is estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes American option-pricing model. Option pricing models require the input of highly sensitive assumptions, including expected stock volatility. In addition, our stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate.  Management believes the best input assumptions available

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were used to value the options and that the resulting option values are reasonable. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we recognized $0 and $0, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense for our stock options and there is no additional unrecognized compensation cost related to employee stock options at the current time.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Company continues to concentrate its marketing resources on a limited number of customers that have the greatest potential to generate the most short-term revenue while still building relationships with our larger customers. Management believes this approach has the highest potential to bring long-term commercially viable products to market and will provide sustainable cash flow to fund the Company's operations in the future. Currently, overall revenues are not sufficient to sustain our operations.  The Pandemic has had a dramatic effect on our business as well as the business of our customers.  The wide-ranging effects on the world wide business market has led to a general reluctance for businesses to move forward with entering into major commitments until their future markets have been clarified. Because of this, we have experienced a significant slowdown in the size and number of orders received and, while we cannot predict when the influence of the Pandemic will end, we expect that orders will return to their former levels and increase throughout the remainder of 2021 following a return to normal business operations.  Following a return to normal business operations in the world, management anticipates that revenues will increase as we continue to execute our long-term business plan and cultivate larger customer bases with our existing product offering. However, until the Pandemic ends and a long-term production contract is in place there is no guarantee that our current customer base will order in sufficient volumes to sustain our operations. Therefore, management continues to work with larger companies and industries and is hopeful that in the near future we will sign a long-term licensing or manufacturing contract.

We recognized revenue from repeat orders from our existing customers, design contract, and development engineering.  Revenue is recognized using the ASC 606 five step detailed in Note 1 to the financial statements. Revenue from the sale of a product is recorded at the time of shipment to the customer.  Revenue from the license agreements was recognized in the period the agreement was concluded, as it is a right of use license and the Company has no further obligations to perform under the terms of the agreement.  Revenue from research and development engineering contracts is recognized as the services are provided and accepted by the customer. Revenue from contracts to license technology to others is deferred until all conditions under the contract are met and then the sale is recognized as licensing royalty revenue over the remaining term of the contract.

The following discussions are based on the consolidated operations of Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. and should be read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, included in Part I, Item 1, above, and the audited financial statements included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2021 AND 2020

For the three months ending March 31, 2021, revenue was $20,290, a decrease of $18,813 when compared to the same period in 2020. The majority of the revenue variance for this period is attributable to the business slowdown created by the Pandemic.

Of the $207,864 and $255,359 total operating costs and expense for the three months ending March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, $75,216 and $76,799 were for direct research and development cost, respectively. For the three

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months ended March 31, 2021, total operating expenses decreased by $47,495 when compared to the same period in 2020, reductions in outside services and professional fees comprising the largest part of the reduced expense level.  

Other expense for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 was $23,893, a $14,514 improvement compared to the same period in 2020.  The majority of the improvement is attributable to a $14,745 decrease in interest expense due to the conversion of notes payable into shares of restricted common stock.

A net loss of $211,467 was realized for the three months ended March 31, 2021.  A net loss of $254,663 was realized for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020.

The chart below represents a summary of our condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Cash at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 had deficit balances and are thus shown as a liability. The negative cash is due to the payment of operating costs and the operating loss sustained for the three-month period, offset in part by the proceeds from the SBA loan and loans obtained.  Our non-current assets decreased at March 31, 2021 due to the depreciation of property and equipment.

Total liabilities increased by $97,345 at March 31, 2021.  The increase was due primarily to the $75,000 loans received on loans, the $59,500 received under the PPP program and $45,000 accrued for marketing services, as well as interest on notes and payroll accruals.

INFLATION

We do not expect the impact of inflation on our operations to be significant for the next twelve months.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable to smaller reporting companies.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a)

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer, who also serves as our Principal Financial Officer.  Our controls and procedures are designed to allow information required to be disclosed in our reports to be recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the specified periods, and accumulated and communicated to management to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure of material information.  Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives.  Based upon the evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at that reasonable assurance level as of the end of the three-month period ended March 31, 2021.  

The material weaknesses relate to the limited number of persons responsible for the recording and reporting of financial information, the lack of separation of financial reporting duties, and the limited size of our management team in general. We are in the process of evaluating methods of improving our internal control over financial reporting, including the possible addition of financial reporting staff and the increased separation of financial

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reporting responsibility, and intend to implement such steps as are necessary and possible to correct these material weaknesses

(b)

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting during the three months of 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, as such, are not required to provide the information under this Item.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Part I Exhibits