Mosaic ImmunoEngineering Inc. - Quarter Report: 2007 August (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the
quarterly period ended August 31, 2007
OR
o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the
transition period from ___________ to _______________
Commission
File Number 0-22182
PATRIOT
SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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84-1070278
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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6183
Paseo Del Norte, Suite 180, Carlsbad, California
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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92011
(Zip
Code)
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(Issuer’s
telephone number): (760) 547-2700
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 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 x NO o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated
filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer x
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o
No x
On
October 5, 2007, 391,272,101 shares of common stock, par value $.00001 per
share
(the issuer’s only class of voting stock) were outstanding.
INDEX
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Page
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM
1. Financial Statements
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|
Condensed
consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2007 (unaudited) and
May 31,
2007
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3
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Condensed
consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended
August
31, 2007 and 2006 (unaudited)
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4
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Condensed
consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended
August
31, 2007 and 2006 (unaudited)
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5
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Notes
to Condensed consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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6-20
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ITEM
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
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21-29
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ITEM
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
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29
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ITEM
4. Controls and Procedures
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30
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM
1. Legal Proceedings
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31
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ITEM
1A. Risk Factors
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32
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ITEM
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
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32
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ITEM
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
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32
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ITEM
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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32
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ITEM
5. Other Information
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32
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ITEM
6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
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33-34
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SIGNATURES
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2
PART
I- FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
August
31, 2007
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May
31, 2007
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||||||
ASSETS
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(Unaudited)
|
||||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
|
15,581,878
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$
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21,605,428
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|||
Restricted
cash and cash equivalents
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102,613
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102,346
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|||||
Marketable
securities and short term investments
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4,696,302
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4,349,314
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|||||
Accounts
receivable
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81,520
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352,390
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|||||
Receivable
from affiliated company
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396,098
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-
|
|||||
Note
receivable
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50,000
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-
|
|||||
Inventory
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183,765
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46,361
|
|||||
Prepaid
income taxes
|
-
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2,070,981
|
|||||
Deferred
tax assets
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926,553
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2,439,975
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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300,272
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431,840
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|||||
Total
current assets
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22,319,001
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31,398,635
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|||||
Property
and equipment, net
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84,823
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85,518
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|||||
Other
assets, net
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8,190
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8,190
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|||||
Investment
in affiliated company
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1,683,427
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2,883,969
|
|||||
Patents
and trademarks,
net of accumulated amortization of $610,451 and $607,657
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35,523
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38,317
|
|||||
$
|
24,130,964
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$
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34,414,629
|
||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
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$
|
515,875
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$
|
934,298
|
|||
Accrued
expenses and other
|
357,349
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1,086,496
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|||||
Income
taxes payable
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7,677,916
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-
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
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8,551,140
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2,020,794
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|||||
Deferred
tax liabilities
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753,701
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12,222,944
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
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9,304,841
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14,243,738
|
|||||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
|||||||
Minority
Interest
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-
|
-
|
|||||
Stockholders’
equity:
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|||||||
Preferred
stock, $0.00001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized: none
outstanding
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-
|
-
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|||||
Common
stock, $0.00001 par value: 500,000,000 shares authorized: 407,801,507
shares issued and 389,372,340 shares outstanding at August 31,
2007 and
406,668,661 shares issued and 393,201,134 shares outstanding at
May 31,
2007
|
4,078
|
4,066
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
71,493,980
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72,150,581
|
|||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(45,114,064
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)
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(43,151,678
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)
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|||
Common
stock held in treasury, at cost - 18,429,167 shares and 13,467,527
shares
at August 31, 2007 and May 31, 2007, respectively
|
(11,557,871
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)
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(
8,832,078
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)
|
|||
Total
stockholders’ equity
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14,826,123
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20,170,891
|
|||||
$
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24,130,964
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$
|
34,414,629
|
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
3
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
Three
months ended
|
|||||||
August
31, 2007
|
August
31, 2006
|
||||||
Revenues
|
|||||||
Product
sales and other
|
$
|
521,369
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$
|
26,375
|
|||
Cost
of sales
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151,535
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-
|
|||||
Gross
profit
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369,834
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26,375
|
|||||
Operating
expenses:
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|||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
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1,958,190
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2,732,524
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|||||
Settlement
and license expense
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30,000
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-
|
|||||
Total
operating expenses
|
1,988,190
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2,732,524
|
|||||
Operating
loss
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(1,618,356
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)
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(2,706,149
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)
|
|||
Other
income (expense):
|
|||||||
Interest
and other income
|
474,525
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126,767
|
|||||
Loss
on sale of assets
|
(345
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)
|
(543
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)
|
|||
Interest
expense
|
(237
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)
|
-
|
||||
Gain
on sale of subsidiary interest
|
150,000
|
-
|
|||||
Equity
in earnings (loss) of affiliated company
|
(1,200,542
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)
|
12,070,198
|
||||
Total
other income (expense), net
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(576,599
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)
|
12,196,422
|
||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
(2,194,955
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)
|
9,490,273
|
||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes
|
(232,569
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)
|
3,500,000
|
||||
Minority
interest
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(1,962,386
|
)
|
$
|
5,990,273
|
||
Basic
income (loss) per common share
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
$
|
0.02
|
||
Diluted
income (loss) per common share
|
$
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(0.01
|
)
|
$
|
0.01
|
||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - basic
|
390,455,132
|
368,837,051
|
|||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - diluted
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390,455,132
|
420,646,769
|
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
4
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
Three
months ended
|
|||||||
August
31, 2007
|
August
31, 2006
|
||||||
Operating
activities:
|
|||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(1,962,386
|
)
|
$
|
5,990,273
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|||||||
Amortization
and depreciation
|
11,322
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10,635
|
|||||
Expense
related to extension of expiration date of stock options
|
-
|
324
|
|||||
Non
cash compensation relating to issuance of stock options and vesting
of
warrants
|
282,913
|
1,584,451
|
|||||
Accrued
interest income added to investments
|
(267
|
)
|
(634
|
)
|
|||
Equity
in (earnings) loss of affiliated company
|
1,200,542
|
(12,070,198
|
)
|
||||
Loss
on sale of assets
|
345
|
543
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(9,955,821
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Gain
on VIE sale of portion of subsidiary interest
|
(150,000
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Reversal
of tax effect of exercise of options
|
(25,645
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(125,228
|
)
|
(4,200
|
)
|
|||
Inventory
|
(137,404
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Prepaid
and other assets
|
131,568
|
63,668
|
|||||
Prepaid
income taxes
|
2,070,981
|
-
|
|||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
(1,147,570
|
)
|
(321,297
|
)
|
|||
Accrued
contested fee payable
|
-
|
(340,000
|
)
|
||||
Income
taxes payable
|
7,677,916
|
3,457,600
|
|||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(2,128,734
|
)
|
(1,628,835
|
)
|
|||
Investing
activities:
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from sales of short-term investments
|
2,725,793
|
1,839,085
|
|||||
Purchases
of short-term investments
|
(3,072,781
|
)
|
(4,314,223
|
)
|
|||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(8,178
|
)
|
(5,667
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from VIE sale of portion of subsidiary interest
|
100,000
|
-
|
|||||
Distributions
from affiliated company
|
-
|
11,578,672
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(255,166
|
)
|
9,097,867
|
||||
Financing
activities:
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of common stock warrants and options
|
8,000
|
65,500
|
|||||
Repurchase
of warrants
|
(921,857
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Repurchase
of common stock for treasury
|
(2,725,793
|
)
|
(1,839,085
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(3,639,650
|
)
|
(1,773,585
|
)
|
|||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(6,023,550
|
)
|
5,695,447
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
21,605,428
|
3,984,240
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
$
|
15,581,878
|
$
|
9,679,687
|
|||
Supplemental
Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
|
|||||||
Cash
payments for interest
|
$
|
237
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Cash
payments for income taxes
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
42,400
|
|||
Supplemental
Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing
Activities:
|
|||||||
Cashless
exercise of warrants
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
30
|
|||
Cashless
exercise of stock options
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Note
receivable issued in connection with VIE sale of portion of subsidiary
interest
|
$
|
50,000
|
$
|
-
|
See
accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements.
5
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
1. Basis
of Presentation and
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Patriot Scientific
Corporation (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) presented herein have been
prepared pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and do not include all of the information
and
footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. These financial statements should be read in conjunction
with
our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in
Form
10-K for our fiscal year ended May 31, 2007.
In
the
opinion of management, the interim condensed consolidated financial statements
reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair
presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. Operating results
for the three month period ended August 31, 2007 are not necessarily indicative
of the results that may be expected for the year ending May 31,
2008.
Basis
of Consolidation
The
condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended August
31, 2006 includes our accounts and those of our majority owned subsidiaries,
Metacomp, Inc. and Plasma Scientific Corporation. The condensed consolidated
balance sheet at May 31, 2007 and the condensed consolidated financial
statements as of and for the three months ended August 31, 2007 include our
accounts, those of our majority owned subsidiaries that are not considered
variable interest entities (“VIE”s) and all VIEs for which we are the primary
beneficiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated.
Consolidation
of Affiliate
In
January 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB
Interpretation 46, Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51
(“FIN
46”). In December 2003, the FASB modified FIN 46. FIN 46 provides a new
framework for identifying VIEs and determining when a company should include
the
assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests and results of activities of
a VIE
in its consolidated financial statements.
A
VIE is
a corporation, partnership, limited liability corporation, trust or any other
legal structure used to conduct activities or hold assets that either (1) has
an
insufficient amount of equity to carry out its principal activities without
additional subordinated financial support, (2) has a group of equity owners
that
are unable to make significant decisions about its activities, or (3) has a
group of equity owners that do not have the obligation to absorb losses or
the
right to receive returns generated by its operations.
FIN
46
requires a VIE to be consolidated if a party with an ownership, contractual
or
other financial interest in the VIE is obligated to absorb a majority of the
risk of loss from the VIE’s activities, is entitled to receive a majority of the
VIE’s residual returns (if no party absorbs a majority of the VIE’s losses), or
both. A variable interest holder that consolidates the VIE is called the primary
beneficiary. Upon consolidation, the primary beneficiary generally must
initially record all of the VIE’s assets, liabilities, and noncontrolling
interests at fair value and subsequently account for the VIE as if it were
consolidated based on majority voting interest.
FIN
46
was effective immediately for VIEs created after January 31, 2003. The
provisions of FIN 46, as revised, were adopted as of December 31, 2003, for
our
interests in all VIEs. During the quarter ended May 31, 2007, we
consolidated Scripps Secured Data, Inc. (“SSDI”) as SSDI was deemed a VIE and we
determined that we were the primary beneficiary of SSDI.
Investment
in Affiliated Company
We
have a
50% interest in Phoenix Digital Solutions, LLC (see Note 4). This investment
is
accounted for using the equity method of accounting since the investment
provides us the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control,
over
the investee. Significant influence is generally deemed to exist if we have
an
ownership interest in the voting stock of the investee of between 20% and 50%,
although other factors, such
6
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Investment
in Affiliated Company, continued
as
representation on the investee’s board of directors, are considered in
determining whether the equity method of accounting is appropriate. Under the
equity method of accounting, the investment, originally recorded at cost, is
adjusted to recognize our share of net earnings or losses of the investee and
is
recognized in the consolidated statements of operations in the caption “Equity
in earnings (loss) of affiliated company”.
We
review
our investment in affiliated company to determine whether events or changes
in
circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable. The
primary factors we consider in our determination are the financial condition,
operating performance and near term prospects of the investee. If the decline
in
value is deemed to be other than temporary, we would recognize an impairment
loss.
Revenue
Recognition
We
recognize revenue from the sale of our product upon shipment to the customer,
at
which time title transfers and we have no further obligations. Fees for
maintenance or support are recorded on a straight-line basis over the underlying
period of performance. Revenue from technology license agreements is recognized
at the time we enter into a contract and provide the customer with the licensed
technology. At this point, we have performed all of our obligations under
contract, the rights to our technology have been transferred and no significant
performance obligations remain.
SSDI
recognizes revenue upon shipment of its product and recognizes revenue on its
short-term installation contracts as time and materials costs are
incurred.
SSDI
maintains an agreement with a distributor which accounts for the majority of
SSDI’s product sales. This agreement provides for a limited product warranty for
a period of one year from the date of sale to the end user. The warranty does
not cover damage to the product after it has been delivered to the distributor.
SSDI’s agreement with the distributor also allows the distributor the right to
stock rotation whereby the distributor, on a six month basis, may return product
for replacement products of the distributor’s choosing provided that the
aggregate price of the replacement products is equal to the price of the
original products returned. Such stock rotations shall not exceed 10% of the
distributor’s purchases from SSDI in the prior twelve month period for any year
and any single rotation shall not exceed 6% of the total rotational allowance
for that year. The first stock rotation shall not occur before February
2008.
Shipping
and Handling
Emerging
Issues Task Force ("EITF") Issue No. 00-10, Accounting
for Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs, requires
shipping and handling fees billed to customers to be classified as revenue
and
shipping and handling costs to be classified as either cost of sales or
disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. SSDI includes shipping
and
handling fees billed to customers in net sales. Shipping and handling costs
associated with inbound freight are included in cost of sales.
Net
Income (Loss) Per Share
We
apply
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 128, Earnings
Per Share,
for the
calculation of "Basic" and "Diluted" earnings per share. Basic earnings per
share includes no dilution and is computed by dividing income available to
common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding
for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution
of
securities that could share in the earnings of an entity. At August 31, 2007,
all potential common shares related to our outstanding warrants and options
totaling 9,820,871 shares were not included in the calculation of diluted loss
per share as they had an anti-dilutive effect. At August 31, 2006, potential
common shares of 135,000 related to our outstanding warrants and options were
not included in the calculation of diluted loss per share as they had an
anti-dilutive effect.
7
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Net
Income (Loss) Per Share, continued
Three
Months Ended August 31, 2007
|
||||||||||
Numerator
(Loss)
|
Denominator
(Shares)
|
Per
Share Amount
|
||||||||
Basic
EPS:
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,962,386
|
)
|
390,455,132
|
$
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|||
Diluted
EPS:
|
||||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
||||||||||
Options
and warrants
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Loss
available to common shareholders
|
$
|
(1,962,386
|
)
|
390,455,132 | $ | 0.01 |
Three
Months Ended August 31, 2006
|
||||||||||
Numerator
(Loss)
|
Denominator
(Shares)
|
Per
Share Amount
|
||||||||
Basic
EPS:
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
5,990,273
|
|
368,837,051
|
$
|
0.02
|
|
|||
Diluted
EPS:
|
||||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
||||||||||
Options
and warrants
|
-
|
51,809,718
|
||||||||
Income available
to common shareholders
|
$
|
5,990,273
|
|
420,646,769 | $ | 0.01 |
Minority Interest
Minority
interest in our consolidated financial statements results from the accounting
for the acquisition of a noncontrolling interest in SSDI. Noncontrolling
interest represents a partially owned subsidiary’s income, losses, and
components of other comprehensive income which should be attributed to the
controlling and noncontrolling interests or other parties with a right or
obligation that affects the attribution of comprehensive income or loss, on
the
basis of their contractual rights or obligations, if any, otherwise, on the
basis of ownership interests.
The
noncontrolling interest in SSDI, which we are required to consolidate as we
are
the primary beneficiary, has been reduced to zero due to the initial allocation
of losses prior to the period in which we were required to consolidate. If
a
noncontrolling interest has been reduced to zero, the primary beneficiary must
absorb any losses that are in excess of the value of the noncontrolling
interest’s equity. For the period in which we are required to consolidate, March
27, 2007 through August 31, 2007 we absorbed $165,164 of SSDI’s losses as we are
the primary beneficiary. The noncontrolling interest in any future profits
will
not be presented until all prior losses have been recovered.
Stock-Based
Compensation
On
June
1, 2006, we adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based
Payment,
which
establishes standards for the accounting of transactions in which an entity
exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services, primarily focusing
on
accounting for transactions where an entity obtains employee services in
share-based payment transactions. SFAS No. 123(R) requires a public entity
to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award
of
equity instruments, including stock options, based on the grant-date fair value
of the award and to recognize it as compensation expense over the period the
employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award, usually
the
vesting period. Stock-based
awards to non-employees are accounted for using the fair value method in
accordance with SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock Based Compensation.
8
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Stock-Based
Compensation, continued
In
November 2005, FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 123R-3, “Transition
Election Related to Accounting for Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment
Awards”
(“FAS
123R-3”). We have elected to adopt the alternative transition method provided in
FAS 123R-3. The alternative transition method includes a simplified method
to
establish the beginning balance of the additional paid-in capital pool (“APIC
pool”) related to the tax effects of employee share-based compensation, which is
available to absorb tax deficiencies recognized subsequent to the adoption
of
SFAS No. 123(R).
Stock-based
compensation expense recognized during the period is based on the value of
the
portion of share-based payment awards that is ultimately expected to vest during
the period. Stock-based compensation expense recognized in our condensed
consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended August 31,
2006
included compensation expense for share-based payment awards granted prior
to,
but not yet vested as of May 31, 2006 based on the grant date fair value
estimated in accordance with the pro forma provisions of SFAS No. 123 and
compensation expense for the share-based payment awards granted subsequent
to
May 31, 2006 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance
with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R). Stock-based compensation expense
recognized in our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three
months ended August 31, 2007 included compensation expense for share-based
payment awards granted subsequent to May 31, 2007 based on the grant date
fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R).
As
stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated
statements of operations is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it
has
been reduced for estimated forfeitures. SFAS No. 123(R) requires forfeitures
to
be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent
periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The estimated average
forfeiture rate for the three months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006, of
approximately 5% was based on historical forfeiture experience and estimated
future employee forfeitures. The estimated pricing term of option grants for
the
three months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 was five years.
Summary
of Assumptions and Activity
The
fair
value of stock-based awards to employees and directors is calculated using
the
Black-Scholes option pricing model, even though this model was developed to
estimate the fair value of freely tradable, fully transferable options without
vesting restrictions, which differ significantly from our stock options. The
Black-Scholes model also requires subjective assumptions, including future
stock
price volatility and expected time to exercise, which greatly affect the
calculated values. The expected term of options granted is derived from
historical data on employee exercises and post-vesting employment termination
behavior. The risk-free rate selected to value any particular grant is based
on
the U.S. Treasury rate that corresponds to the pricing term of the grant
effective as of the date of the grant. The expected volatility for the three
months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 is based on the historical volatilities
of
our common stock. These factors could change in the future, affecting the
determination of stock-based compensation expense in future
periods.
9
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Stock-Based
Compensation, continued
Three
Months
Ended
|
Three
Months
Ended
|
||||||||
August
31, 2007
(Unaudited)
|
August
31, 2006
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Expected
term
|
5
|
years |
5
|
years | |||||
Expected
volatility
|
127
- 128
|
%
|
|
156
|
% |
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.26
- 4.96
|
%
|
|
5.00
|
% |
|
|||
Expected
dividends
|
2.82
|
%
|
|
-
|
|||||
A
summary
of option activity as of August 31, 2007 and changes during the three months
then ended, is presented below:
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(Years)
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
||||||||||
Options
outstanding at June 1, 2007
|
7,245,000
|
$
|
0.40
|
||||||||||
Options
granted
|
2,225,000
|
$
|
0.48
|
||||||||||
Options
exercised
|
(1,007,846
|
)
|
$
|
0.16
|
|||||||||
Options
forfeited
|
(1,017,154
|
)
|
$
|
0.16
|
|||||||||
Options
outstanding at August 31, 2007
|
7,445,000
|
$
|
0.49
|
3.88
|
$
|
619,300
|
|||||||
Options
vested and expected to vest at August 31, 2007
|
7,370,000
|
$
|
0.49
|
3.88
|
$
|
619,300
|
|||||||
Options
exercisable at August 31, 2007
|
5,945,000
|
$
|
0.49
|
3.66
|
$
|
619,300
|
The
weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the three
months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 was $0.36 and $1.02 per option,
respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the three
months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 was $478,750 and $40,500, respectively,
based on the differences in market prices on the dates of exercise and the
option exercise prices.
The
aggregate intrinsic value represents the differences in market price at the
close of the quarter ($0.47 per share on August 31, 2007) and the exercise
price
of outstanding, in the money options (those options with exercise prices below
$0.47) on August 31, 2007.
As
of
August 31, 2007, there was approximately $488,415 of total unrecognized
compensation cost related to employee stock option compensation arrangements.
That cost is expected to be recognized on a straight-line basis over the next
57
months.
10
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Stock-Based
Compensation, continued
The
following table summarizes employee stock-based compensation expense related
to
stock options under SFAS No. 123(R) for the three months ended August 31, 2007
and 2006, which was recorded as follows:
Three
Months
Ended
|
Three
Months
Ended
|
||||||
August
31, 2007
|
August
31, 2006
|
||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expense
|
$
|
282,913
|
$
|
1,575,000
|
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
July
2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No.
109
(“FIN
48”). This interpretation clarifies the application of SFAS No. 109,
Accounting
for Income Taxes,
by
defining criteria that an individual tax position must meet for any part of
the
benefit of that position to be recognized in a company’s financial statements
and also provides guidance on measurement, derecognition, classification,
interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and
transition. We adopted FIN 48 on June 1, 2007 and did not record any cumulative
effect adjustment to retained earnings as a result of adopting FIN 48. Interest
and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in
income tax expense. As of June 1, 2007, we are subject to U.S. Federal income
tax examinations for the tax years May 31, 1991 through May 31, 2007, and we
are
subject to state and local income tax examinations for the tax years May 31,
1999 through May 31, 2007 due to the carryover of net operating losses from
previous years.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair
Value Measurements
(“SFAS
No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principals and expands
disclosures about fair value measurements. The statement does not require
new fair value measurements, but is applied to the extent that other accounting
pronouncements require or permit fair value measurements. The statement
emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement that should be
determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in
pricing an asset or liability. Companies that have assets and liabilities
measured at fair value will be required to disclose information that enables
the
users of its financial statements to access the inputs used to develop those
measurements. The reporting entity is encouraged, but not required, to
combine the fair value information disclosed under this statement with the
fair
value information disclosed under other accounting pronouncements. SFAS
No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We
expect to adopt SFAS No. 157 on June 1, 2008. We are currently assessing
the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have on our consolidated financial
statements.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159,
The
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
(“SFAS
No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure at fair value many
financial instruments and certain other items 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. SFAS No. 159 also
establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate
comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for
similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 159 does not affect
any existing accounting literature that requires certain assets and liabilities
to be carried at fair value. SFAS No. 159 does not establish
requirements for recognizing and measuring dividend income, interest income,
or
interest expense. This Statement does not eliminate disclosure requirements
included in other accounting standards. SFAS No. 159 is effective in
fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We are in the process of
evaluating the provisions of the statement, but do not anticipate that the
adoption of SFAS No. 159 will have a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
11
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
2. Inventory
Inventory
at August 31, 2007, consisted of raw materials of $183,765.
3. License
Agreements
In
February 2005, we entered into two separate licensing agreements with one
customer for our patent portfolio and Ignite microprocessor technology. The
aggregate amount of the two licenses was $3,050,000, of which $2,950,000 was
for
licensing fees and $100,000 was for maintenance services. Maintenance under
the
agreement is expected to be provided over a period not to exceed four years.
Maintenance revenue recognized during the three months ended August 31, 2007
and
2006 was $6,250 and $6,250, respectively. The payment terms of the agreements
required aggregate payments of $300,000 at the time of execution, three
quarterly payments of $750,000 each on April 1, August 15, and November 15,
2005
and one final payment of $500,000 on February 15, 2006. The $500,000 payment
due
on February 15, 2006 was paid in March 2006. Total payments received in fiscal
2005 amounted to $1,050,000 and total payments received in fiscal 2006 amounted
to $2,000,000. The agreements also provide for the future payment of royalties
to us based on sales of product using the Ignite licensed technology. In
connection with this license agreement, we became obligated to the co-inventor
of the patent portfolio technology, Russell H. Fish III (“Fish”), for $207,600
pursuant to a July 2004 agreement under which we were obligated to pay a
percentage of all patent portfolio licensing proceeds to Fish. The amount due
under the agreement with Fish was payable in four installments of $51,900.
Fish
filed a lawsuit against us seeking damages and/or enforcement of the 2004
agreement. We challenged the enforceability of the agreement by counterclaim
in
that action. On February 14, 2007, a settlement of the litigation was finalized.
Terms of the settlement required us to pay $3,400,000 in cash on February 14,
2007 and $3,000,000 on May 1, 2007, which amounted to approximately the debt
claimed by Fish to be owed to him under the July 2004 agreement. In addition,
the settlement required us to make a donation of $15,000 on February 14, 2007
on
behalf of Fish to Maasai Power and Education Project, Inc., and to pay Fish
the
equivalent of 4% of 50% of the next $100 million of gross license fees as they
are collected by Phoenix Digital and as distributions are made to us, after
excluding the first $20 million collected by Phoenix Digital after December
1,
2006. Our commitment to make payments to Fish related to such future license
revenues will not exceed $2 million. A liability for gross license fees due
of
$20,000 is included in accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed
consolidated balance sheet at August 31, 2007. During the three months ended
August 31, 2007, we recorded $30,000 in settlement and license expenses relating
to royalty payments due to the Fish parties.
4. Investment
in Affiliated
Company/License Agreement
On
June
7, 2005, we entered into a Master Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) with
Technology Properties Limited Inc., a California corporation (“TPL”), and
Charles H. Moore (“Moore”), the co-inventor of certain of our technology,
pursuant to which we, TPL and Moore resolved all legal disputes between us.
Pursuant to the Master Agreement, we and TPL entered into the Limited Liability
Company Operating Agreement of Phoenix Digital (the “LLC Agreement”) into which
we and Moore contributed our rights to certain of our technologies. We believe,
based upon consultation with our attorneys, it was not required by applicable
law or other existing agreements to obtain approval for the contribution of
the
license rights to Phoenix Digital from stockholders or any parties other than
our various warrant holders.
We
and
TPL each own 50% of the membership interests of Phoenix Digital, and each of
us
has the right to appoint one member of the three member management committee.
The two appointees are required to select a mutually acceptable third member
of
the management committee. Pursuant to the LLC Agreement, we and TPL agreed
to
establish a working capital fund for Phoenix Digital of $4,000,000, of which
our
contribution was $2,000,000. The working capital fund increases to a maximum
of
$8,000,000 as license revenues are achieved. We and TPL are obligated to fund
future working capital requirements at the discretion of the management
committee of Phoenix Digital in order to maintain working capital of not more
than $8,000,000.
12
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Investment
in Affiliated Company/License Agreement, continued
Neither
we nor TPL are required to contribute more than $2,000,000 in any fiscal year.
Distributable cash and allocation of profits and losses will be allocated to
the
members in the priority defined in the LLC Agreement. Phoenix Digital has
committed to pay a quarterly amount ranging between $500,000 and $1,000,000
(based upon a percentage of the working capital fund balance of Phoenix Digital)
for supporting efforts to secure licensing agreements by the other member on
behalf of Phoenix Digital. During the three months ended August 31, 2007 and
2006, Phoenix Digital paid $873,731 and $968,000, respectively, to TPL pursuant
to this commitment.
We
are
accounting for our investment in Phoenix Digital under the equity method of
accounting, and accordingly have recorded our share of Phoenix Digital’s net
loss of $1,200,542 during the three months ended August 31, 2007 as a decrease
in our investment and our share of Phoenix Digital’s net income of $12,070,198
during the three months ended August 31, 2006 as an increase in our investment.
Cash distributions of $11,578,672 received from Phoenix Digital during the
three
months ended August 31, 2006 have been recorded as a reduction in our
investment. No distributions were received during the three months ended August
31, 2007. Our investment in Phoenix Digital is $1,683,427 at August 31, 2007
and
has been recorded as “Investment in Affiliated Company”. We have recorded our
share of Phoenix Digital’s net loss as “Equity in Loss of Affiliated Company” in
the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the three months
ended August 31, 2007. We have recorded our share of Phoenix Digital’s net
income as “Equity in Earnings of Affiliated Company” in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended August 31,
2006. At August 31, 2007 we have recorded $396,098 as A/R from affiliated
company for reimbursement due to us of legal fees and related costs for the
patent litigation (see Note 7).
During
the three months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006, Phoenix Digital entered into
licensing agreements with third parties, pursuant to which it received aggregate
proceeds of $1,500,000 and $25,749,000, respectively. During September 2007,
Phoenix Digital entered into licensing agreements pursuant to which it received
aggregate proceeds of $1,433,000.
The
condensed balance sheets and statements of operations of Phoenix Digital at
August 31, 2007 and 2006 and for the three months then ended are as follows:
Condensed
Balance Sheets
ASSETS:
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Cash
|
$
|
3,759,743
|
$
|
8,695,729
|
|||
Prepaid expenses | 135,000 |
15,000
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
3,894,743 |
$
|
8,710,729 |
LIABILITIES
AND MEMBERS’ EQUITY:
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
516,098
|
$
|
299,585
|
|||
Income
taxes payable
|
11,790 | - | |||||
Members’ equity | 3,366,855 | 8,411,144 | |||||
Total
liabilities and members’ equity
|
$
|
3,894,743 |
$
|
8,710,729 |
13
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Investment
in Affiliated Company/License Agreement, continued
Condensed
Statements of Operations
Revenues
|
$
|
1,500,000
|
$
|
25,749,000
|
|||
Operating expenses |
3,966,543
|
1,717,917
|
|||||
Operating
income (loss)
|
(2,466,543 | ) |
24,031,083
|
||||
Interest
income
|
65,460 | 109,312 | |||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(2,401,083 | ) |
$
|
24,140,395 |
5. Consolidated
Variable
Interest Entity
On
February 2, 2007, we invested an aggregate of $370,000 in SSDI for 2,100,000
shares of convertible preferred stock. This represents all of SSDI’s preferred
stock and a 46% ownership interest in SSDI, a California corporation that
manufactures products that protect information transmitted over secure networks.
The investment consisted of certain assets contributed by us to SSDI valued
at
$250,000 and cash of $120,000. The shares are convertible at our option into
shares of SSDI’s common stock on a one-to-one basis. The convertible preferred
stock entitles us to receive non-cumulative dividends at the per annum rate
of
$0.04 per share, when and if declared by the Board of Directors of SSDI. The
investment in SSDI’s convertible preferred stock also entitles us to a
liquidation preference of $0.40 per share, plus an amount equal to all declared
but unpaid dividends.
On
March
27, 2007, we entered into an 18 month revolving line of credit with SSDI for
a
maximum amount of $500,000. The line of credit matures on September 27, 2008.
If
we do not provide notice to SSDI at least 90 days prior to the maturity date,
the maturity date automatically extends 12 months. The line of credit is
collateralized by all assets presently owned or hereafter acquired by SSDI.
The
carrying value of the collateral is approximately $328,090 at August 31, 2007.
The creditors of SSDI do not have recourse to our other assets. On March 28,
2007, we advanced $150,000 under terms of the agreement, on April 16, 2007
we
advanced $100,000 under terms of the agreement and on September 4, 2007 we
advanced $100,000 under terms of the agreement.
The
line
of credit carries a floating interest rate which is defined as the prime rate
as
announced by Bank of America. At August 31, 2007, the interest rate on the
note was 8.25%; On September 18, 2007, the interest rate on the note was 7.75%.
SSDI is required to make minimum monthly payments on the line consisting of
unpaid and accrued interest on the first day of the month following the initial
advance.
As
a
result of the line of credit, we have a variable interest in SSDI, a variable
interest entity, and we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary
as
we absorb more than half of the variable interest entity’s expected losses.
FIN46, requires us to consolidate SSDI as long as we are deemed to be the
primary beneficiary. The equity interests of SSDI not owned by us are reported
as a minority interest in our August 31, 2007 condensed consolidated balance
sheet. As of August 31, 2007, the noncontrolling interest in SSDI, which we
are
required to consolidate as we are the primary beneficiary, has been reduced
to
zero due to the initial allocation of losses prior to the period in which we
were required to consolidate. If a noncontrolling interest has been reduced
to
zero, the primary beneficiary must absorb any losses that are in excess of
the
value of the noncontrolling interest’s equity. For the period in which we are
required to consolidate, March 27, 2007 through August 31, 2007 we absorbed
$165,164 of SSDI’s losses as we are the primary beneficiary. The noncontrolling
interest in any future profits will not be presented until all prior losses
have
been recovered.
Prior
to
initial consolidation, we recognized a $126,746 impairment loss on our
investment for the losses of SSDI for the period February 2007 through March
26,
2007.
14
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Consolidated
Variable Interest Entity, continued
Upon
initial consolidation of the variable interest entity, on March 27, 2007,
$251,146 of current assets, $43,199 of net property and equipment, $47,240
of
other assets, $98,331 of current liabilities and no minority interest were
included on the consolidated balance sheet.
During
the three months ended August 31, 2007, SSDI sold a membership interest in
its
subsidiary DataSecurus, LLC to an unrelated third party for $100,000 in cash
and
a $50,000 note receivable due June 2008.
6. Stockholders’
Equity
During
July 2006 we commenced our Board of Director approved stock buyback program
in
which we repurchase our outstanding common stock from time to time on the open
market. As part of the program we purchased 4,961,640 and 2,075,003 shares
of
our common stock at an aggregate cost of $2,725,793 and $1,839,085 during the
three months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
The
following table summarizes equity transactions during the three months ended
August 31, 2007:
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid-
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amounts
|
in
Capital
|
Deficit
|
Treasury
Stock
|
||||||||||||
Balance
June 1, 2007
|
393,201,134
|
$
|
4,066
|
$
|
72,150,581
|
$
|
(43,151,678
|
)
|
$
|
(8,832,078
|
)
|
|||||
Exercise
of warrants and options at $0.05 to $0.07 per share
|
150,000
|
2
|
7,998
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Cashless
exercise of options
|
982,846
|
10
|
(10
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Repurchase
of warrants
|
-
|
-
|
(921,857
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Non-cash
compensation
|
-
|
-
|
282,913
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Tax
effect of exercise of options
|
-
|
-
|
(25,645
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Repurchase
of common stock for treasury
|
(4,961,640
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,725,793
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,962,386
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
Balance
August 31, 2007
|
389,372,340
|
$
|
4,078
|
$
|
71,493,980
|
$
|
(45,114,064
|
)
|
$
|
(11,557,871
|
)
|
Stock
Options
and Warrant Activity
As
of
August 31, 2007, we had 100,000 options outstanding pursuant to our 1996 Stock
Option Plan exercisable at $0.07 per share expiring in 2009; 775,000 options
outstanding pursuant to our 2001 Stock Option Plan exercisable at a range of
$0.07 to $0.86 per share expiring through 2012; 3,450,000 options outstanding
pursuant to our 2003 Stock Option Plan exercisable at a range of $0.05 to $0.49
per share expiring through 2012; and 3,120,000 options outstanding pursuant
to
our 2006 Stock Option Plan exercisable at a range of $0.60 to $0.70 per share
expiring through 2012. Some of the options outstanding under these plans are
not
presently exercisable and are subject to meeting vesting criteria.
During
the three months ended August 31, 2007, a director exercised stock options
to
purchase 25,000 shares of common stock for proceeds of $1,750, and a director
exercised stock options utilizing a share certification exchange procedure
within our stock option plans to exercise 1,500,000 shares and receive 982,846
new shares upon exercise.
During
the quarter ended August 31, 2007, we recorded $282,913 of non cash compensation
expense related to stock options issued and vesting of stock
options.
As
of
August 31, 2007, we had warrants outstanding to purchase 9,935,915 common shares
at exercise prices ranging from $0.05 to $1.00 per share, expiring at various
dates through 2012. Some of those outstanding warrants were not exercisable
as
of August 31, 2007 as they are subject to meeting vesting criteria. During
the
three
months ended August 31, 2007, we issued no warrants to purchase shares of common
stock, an investor exercised warrants to purchase 125,000 shares of common
stock
for proceeds of $6,250 and we repurchased 2,000,000 warrants for $921,857 under
terms of our warrant repurchase agreement as detailed below.
15
Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Stockholders’
Equity, continued
In
connection with a previous debt agreement, the Company entered into an
Antidilution Agreement (the “Antidilution Agreement”) with Swartz Private
Equity, LLC (“Swartz”) wherein the Company was obligated to issue to Swartz
warrants equal to 11% of the common stock issued between January 28, 2002 and
March 11, 2002, 20% of the common stock issued between March 12, 2002 and April
1, 2003, and after April 1, 2003, 30% of the common stock issued to any parties
other than Swartz. There were no warrants issued during the three month period
ended August 31, 2006 in connection with the Antidilution agreement. On October
10, 2006, the Company entered into an Approval Rights Agreement and Termination
of Antidilution Agreement and Addendum to Warrants (the “Termination Agreement”)
with Swartz to terminate the Antidilution Agreement. In consideration for
entering into the Termination Agreement, the Company agrees to obtain Swartz’s
written approval at least 30 days prior to entering into (i) any acquisition
of
any business entity or asset of any kind where the aggregate number of shares
of
common stock and derivative securities (on a fully diluted basis) issued as
consideration for the acquisition equals or exceeds 10% of the number of shares
of common stock of the Company outstanding at the time of the acquisition (on
a
fully diluted basis) or (ii) any acquisition (regardless of size) by the Company
of any business entity or asset of any kind that is not unanimously approved
by
the Company’s board of directors.
On
July
19, 2007, we entered into a warrant redemption agreement with Lincoln Ventures,
LLC, whereby at our option, we agree to redeem certain warrants representing
the
right to acquire an aggregate of up to 7,000,000 shares of our common stock,
through October 2007. The warrants were redeemable in quantities not to exceed
2,000,000 warrants in the first two calendar months and 3,000,000 in the last
calendar month, at a price equal to the product of (a) the volume weighted
average of the daily volume weighted average prices of our common stock for
all
trading days in the applicable calendar month, minus the exercise price of
the
warrant, multiplied by (b) the number of shares being redeemed from that
warrant. Lincoln Ventures, LLC was prohibited from exercising any of the
warrants as long as we remained in compliance with the agreement. Additionally,
Lincoln Ventures, LLC was prohibited from purchasing any shares of our common
stock on the open market during any “pricing month” defined in the agreement as
the calendar month immediately preceding the calendar month in which we deliver
the redemption notice to Lincoln Ventures, LLC. Subsequent to September 20,
2007, we repurchased all of the additional warrants pursuant to the agreement
(see Note 9).
7. Commitments
and
Contingencies
Litigation
Lowell
Giffhorn Arbitration
On
September 23, 2005, Lowell Giffhorn, a former executive officer
and a former director of the Company, submitted a demand for arbitration with
the American Arbitration Association related to the termination of
Mr. Giffhorn's employment with the Company. Mr. Giffhorn asserts that
the termination of his employment with the Company was unlawful, retaliatory,
wrongful, violated public policy, violated the covenant of good faith and fair
dealing and violated securities laws. Mr. Giffhorn has demanded damages of
approximately $4,500,000 (excluding claims for punitive damages and attorneys
fees). The Company denies the allegations and believes the claims to be without
merit. The Company has retained litigation counsel and intends to vigorously
defend the claims. The amount, if any, of ultimate liability with respect to
the
foregoing cannot be determined. Despite the inherent uncertainties of
litigation, the Company at this time does not believe that Mr. Giffhorn's
claim will have a material adverse impact on its financial condition, results
of
operations, or cash flows.
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Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Commitments
and Contingencies, continued
Patent Litigation
Pursuant
to the joint venture that the Company entered into in June 2005 with TPL (in
settlement of inventorship/ownership litigation between the parties, and in
return for a 50-50 sharing of net licensing and enforcement revenues), the
Company granted TPL the complete and exclusive right to enforce and license
its
microprocessor patent portfolio. The Company then dismissed its patent
infringement claims against Fujitsu Computer Systems, Inc. (“Fujitsu”),
Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (“MEI”), NEC Solutions (America) Inc.
(“NEC”), Sony Electronics Inc. (“Sony”), and Toshiba America Inc., and certain
related entities of these defendants
which had been pending in the Federal District Court for the Northern District
of California. Thereafter, TPL, on behalf of the TPL/Patriot joint venture,
filed patent infringement actions against certain of the foregoing defendants
(except Sony) and their related entities in the Federal District Court for
the
Eastern District of Texas, which litigation is currently pending. Patriot was
subsequently joined as a party to the litigation. Litigation is not currently
pending with regard to Fujitsu or NEC and certain of NEC’s subsidiaries as
listed below.
On
August
25, 2006, ARM Ltd. and ARM, Inc. intervened as defendants, seeking a declaration
of non-infringement of our ‘584 patent with respect to ARM processor cores
contained within some alleged infringing chips of other defendants.
In
February 2006, a license agreement was entered into with Fujitsu regarding
the
Company's patent portfolio, and in connection with that transaction, litigation
involving Fujitsu and TPL and the Company in both California and Texas was
dismissed.
In
February 2007, a license agreement was entered into with: NEC Corporation,
NEC
Corporation of America, Inc., NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. and NEC
Unified Solutions, Inc. In connection with that transaction, the above named
defendants, excluding NEC Electronics America, Inc., were dismissed from the
lawsuit.
A
Claims
Construction Hearing was held May 3, 2007 in The United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas. On June 15, 2007, the court handed down
claims construction of the patents-in-suit, the ‘336, ‘148 and ‘584 patents.
Based on the claims construction ruling, TPL/Patriot are vigorously proceeding
with discovery with respect to the ‘336 and ‘148 patents. However, based on the
claims construction ruling as to the ‘584 patent claims of “instruction groups”,
TPL/Patriot announced on August 8, 2007, a Stipulation with ARM intended to
expedite an appeal of that claims construction. The Stipulation is a declaration
of non-infringement by the accused ARM products with respect to the ‘584 patent.
This is intended to bolster TPL/Patriot’s efforts in the long run to enforce
rights under the ‘584 patent. A notice of appeal to the Federal Circuit has been
filed with respect to the ARM Stipulation and the District Court's claims
construction with respect to the '584 patent.
During
the discovery phase, TPL and Patriot reached stipulations regarding
representative chips and products to streamline the presentation of the evidence
at trial. As such, only a portion of the accused chips and products of those
defendants will be the subject of evidence at trial. NEC Electronics America,
Inc. is accused in the litigation of contributory infringement by virtue of
manufacturing chips utilized by the other defendants in accused
products.
The
parties proceeded to mediation September 25-26, 2007. During the mediation
TPL
did not reach an agreement with any of the three sets of defendants with respect
to the issues of the lawsuit, or with respect to potential
licensing agreements broader in scope than the claims of the litigation. Jury
selection is scheduled to begin January 7, 2008.
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Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Commitments
and Contingencies, continued
401(k)
Plan
We
have a
retirement plan that complies with Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.
All employees are eligible to participate in the plan. We match 50% of each
participant’s voluntary contributions, subject to a maximum contribution of 6%
of the participant’s compensation. Participants vest 33% per year over a three
year period in our contributions. Our matching contributions during the three
months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 were $928 and $2,562, respectively.
Employment
Contracts
In
connection with Mr. Turley’s appointment as President and Chief Executive
Officer, and commencing on June 5, 2007, we entered into an employment
agreement with Mr. Turley for a one-year term. Pursuant to the agreement,
if Mr. Turley is terminated without cause, he is entitled to his then current
salary level for the remaining term of his agreement conditional upon the
execution of a general release.
In
connection with Mr. Flowers’ appointment as the Chief Financial Officer,
and commencing on September 17, 2007, we entered into an employment
agreement with Mr. Flowers for an initial 120-day term if not terminated
pursuant to the agreement, with an extension period of one year and on a
continuing basis thereafter. Pursuant to the agreement, if Mr. Flowers is
terminated without cause or resigns with good reason within the first two years
of employment, he is entitled to receive an amount equal to his annual base
salary for the greater of (i) 6 months or (ii) the period remaining in
the extended one-year term. If Mr. Flowers is terminated without cause or
resigns with good reason any time after two years of continuous employment,
he
is entitled to receive an amount equal to 12 months of his annual base salary.
Mr. Flowers is also entitled to certain payments upon a change of control
of the Company if the surviving corporation does not retain him. All such
payments are conditional upon the execution of a general release.
Guarantees
and Indemnities
We
have
made certain guarantees and indemnities, under which we may be required to
make
payments to a guaranteed or indemnified party. We indemnify our directors,
officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted under the laws
of
the State of Delaware and California for SSDI. In connection with our facility
leases, we have indemnified our lessors for certain claims arising from the
use
of the facilities. The duration of the guarantees and indemnities varies, and
in
many cases is indefinite. These guarantees and indemnities do not provide for
any limitation of the maximum potential future payments we could be obligated
to
make. Historically, we have not been obligated to make any payments for these
obligations and no liabilities have been recorded for these guarantees and
indemnities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Operating
Leases
We
have a
non-cancelable operating lease agreement for our Carlsbad, California office
facility. Future minimum lease payments required under the operating lease
are
$96,201 and $73,710 in fiscal years ended 2008 and 2009, respectively.
SSDI
subleases their Carlsbad, California office facility which expires in December
2007. Future minimum lease payments required under the operating lease are
$52,983 in the fiscal year ended 2008.
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Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Commitments
and Contingencies, continued
SSDI
also
leases office space in Annapolis, Maryland on a month to month basis at $750
per
month expiring February 2008. The lease may be terminated by either party with
30 days notice.
Earn-Out
Agreement
SSDI
entered into an earn-out agreement with a former debt holder of Holocom
Networks, Inc. (“Holocom Networks”) upon our contribution of the foreclosure
sale collateral of Holocom Networks to SSDI in fiscal 2007. The agreement
required the former debt holder to release all of his rights to any Holocom
Networks collateral in exchange for receiving 3% of the net sales (defined
as
cash revenues actually received less credits or discounts and other claims
of
customers) of SSDI’s protected distribution system products for a period of 48
months from the foreclosure sale date of February 2, 2007. The earn-out is
to be
paid each calendar quarter. A liability for payment under this agreement of
$13,236 is included in accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed
consolidated balance sheet at August 31, 2007.
8. Segment
Information
SSDI
began operations in February 2007 and we consolidated SSDI in our financial
statements in March 2007. SSDI is an operating segment under FASB Statement
No.
131, Disclosures
About Segments of an Enterprise,
as
revenue is 10% or more of the total revenue of all operating segments.
SSDI
is
engaged in the business of developing and manufacturing network-security
hardware for sale to government, military, and other high-security facilities.
There is no inter-segment revenue, and the accounting policies for segment
reporting are the same as for us as a whole.
The
“all
other” category includes the results for Patriot Scientific
Corporation.
Operating
segment net revenue, operating loss and income (loss) before taxes for three
months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows:
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||
Net
revenue:
|
|
|
|||||
SSDI
|
$
|
511,864
|
$
|
-
|
|||
All
other
|
9,505 | 26,375 | |||||
Total
net revenue
|
$
|
521,369 |
$
|
26,375 | |||
Operating
loss:
|
|||||||
SSDI
|
$
|
(145,629 |
)
|
$
|
- | ||
All
other
|
(1,472,727 | ) | (2,706,149 |
)
|
|||
Total
operating loss
|
$
|
(1,618,356 | ) |
$
|
(2,706,149 | ) | |
Income
(loss) before taxes:
|
|||||||
SSDI
|
$ | 4,749 | $ | - | |||
All
other
|
(2,199,704 |
)
|
9,490,273 | ||||
Total
income (loss) before taxes
|
$ | (2,194,955 |
)
|
$ | 9,490,273 |
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Patriot
Scientific Corporation
Notes
to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
Segment
Information, continued
All
sales
were to unaffiliated customers within the United States. During the three months
ended August 31, 2007, one customer accounted for 73% of SSDI’s product sales
and this same customer accounted for 19% of SSDI’s accounts receivable at
August 31, 2007, and this same customer accounted for 81% of SSDI’s
accounts receivable at May 31, 2007.
Operating
segment total assets and depreciation and amortization as of and for the three
months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 were as follows:
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization:
|
|||||||
SSDI
|
$
|
4,154
|
$
|
-
|
All
other
|
7,168
|
10,635
|
Total
depreciation and amortization
|
$
|
11,322
|
$
|
10,635
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Total
assets:
|
|||||||
SSDI
|
$
|
594,320
|
$
|
-
|
|||
All
other
|
23,536,644
|
20,669,433
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
24,130,964
|
$
|
20,669,433
|
9. Subsequent
Events
During
the period September 1, 2007 through October 10, 2007, Phoenix Digital entered
into license agreements with third parties, pursuant to which it received
aggregate proceeds totaling $1,433,000.
On
September 4, 2007, we repurchased 2,000,000 warrants for $799,647 pursuant
to
the terms of our warrant repurchase agreement with Lincoln Ventures, LLC.
On
September 4, 2007, we advanced $100,000 to SSDI pursuant to the line of credit
agreement. On September 18, 2007, the interest rate on the line of credit
decreased to 7.75% in accordance with the change in the prime interest
rate.
During
the period September 1, 2007 through October 10, 2007, we purchased 737,181
shares of our common stock for treasury at an aggregate cost of
$317,128.
On
September 13, 2007, a director exercised stock options to purchase 100,000
shares of common stock for proceeds of $10,200.
On
September 17, 2007, a warrant holder exercised 3,500,000 warrants on a cashless
basis, receiving 2,536,942 shares of our common stock upon
exercise.
On
September 17, 2007, we granted stock options, from our 2006 Stock Option Plan
to
our newly-appointed chief financial officer in accordance with his employment
contract as follows: 600,000 non-qualified stock options, subject to vesting
provisions within the option, and 150,000 non-qualified stock options which
fully vest on January 17, 2008.
On
October 2, 2007, we repurchased the remaining 3,000,000 warrants for $1,039,398
pursuant to the terms of our warrant repurchase agreement with Lincoln Ventures,
LLC.
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
THE
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION INCLUDES FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO
OUR
FUTURE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE
CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED AND FROM HISTORICAL RESULTS DEPENDING UPON A VARIETY
OF
FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED BELOW UNDER THE SUB-HEADING, "RISK FACTORS"
SEE ALSO OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31, 2007.
Overview
In
June
2005, we entered into a series of agreements with Technology Properties Limited,
Inc. (“TPL”) and others to facilitate the pursuit of infringers of our
intellectual property. We intend to continue our joint venture with TPL to
pursue license agreements with infringers of our technology. We believe that
utilizing the option of working through TPL, as compared to creating and
using a
Company licensing team for those activities, avoids a competitive devaluation
of
our principal assets and is a prudent way to achieve the desired results
as we
seek to obtain fair value from users of our intellectual property.
During
the fiscal year ended May 31, 2006, we finalized an agreement for the
licensing of our technology with Intel Corporation. During the fiscal years
ended May 31, 2006 and 2007, the joint venture entered into licensing agreements
with Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, Casio, Nikkon, Sony, Seiko Epson, Pentax,
Olympus, Kenwood, Agilent Technologies, Schneider Electric, Lexmark, NEC,
Funai
Electric, SanDisk, Sharp and Nokia through our joint venture entity, Phoenix
Digital Solutions, LLC (“PDS”). During the three months ended August 31, 2007,
PDS entered into licensing agreements with Lego Systems and Bull. We believe
that these agreements represent validation of our position that our intellectual
property was and is being infringed by major manufacturers and users of
microprocessor technology. We believe the early stage agreements demonstrate
the
potential value of our intellectual property in that they are "arms length"
transactions with major electronics manufacturers.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our
condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
which require us to make estimates and judgments that significantly affect
the
reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ
from those estimates, and such differences could affect the results of
operations reported in future periods. We believe the following critical
accounting policies affect our most significant estimates and judgments used
in
the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.
1. Revenue
Recognition
Accounting
for revenue recognition is complex and affected by interpretations of guidance
provided by several sources, including the Financial Accounting Standards
Board
(“FASB”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). This guidance is
subject to change. We follow the guidance established by the SEC in Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 104, as well as generally accepted criteria for revenue
recognition, which require that, before revenue is recorded, there is persuasive
evidence of an arrangement, the fee is fixed or determinable, collection
is
reasonably assured, and delivery to our customer has occurred. Applying these
criteria to certain of our revenue arrangements requires us to carefully
analyze
the terms and conditions of our license agreements. Revenue from our technology
license agreements is generally recognized at the time we enter into a contract
and provide our customer with the licensed technology. We believe that this
is
the point at which we have performed all of our obligations under the agreement;
however, this remains a highly interpretive area of accounting and future
license agreements may result in a different method of revenue recognition.
Fees
for maintenance or support of our licenses are recorded on a straight-line
basis
over the underlying period of performance.
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Our consolidated variable interest entity recognizes revenue upon shipment of its product and recognizes revenue on its short-term installation contracts as time and materials costs are incurred.
2. Assessment
of Contingent Liabilities
We
are
involved in various legal matters, disputes, and patent infringement claims
which arise in the ordinary course of our business. We accrue for estimated
losses at the time when we can make a reliable estimate of such loss and
it is
probable that it has been incurred. By their very nature, contingencies are
difficult to estimate. We continually evaluate information related to all
contingencies to determine that the basis on which we have recorded our
estimated exposure is appropriate.
3. Stock
Options and Warrants
On
June
1, 2006, we adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based
Payment,
which
establishes standards for the accounting of transactions in which an entity
exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services, primarily focusing
on
accounting for transactions where an entity obtains employee services in
share-based payment transactions. SFAS No. 123(R) requires a public entity
to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award
of
equity instruments, including stock options, based on the grant-date fair
value
of the award and to recognize it as compensation expense over the period
the
employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award, usually
the
vesting period. Stock-based awards to non-employees are accounted for using
the
fair value method in accordance with SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock Based Compensation.
In
November 2005, FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 123R-3, “Transition
Election Related to Accounting for Tax Effects of Share-Based Payment
Awards”
(“FAS123R-3”). We have elected to adopt the alternative transition method
provided in FAS 123R-3. The alternative transition method includes a simplified
method to establish the beginning balance of the additional paid-in capital
pool
(“APIC pool”) related to the tax effects of employee share-based compensation,
which is available to absorb tax deficiencies recognized subsequent to the
adoption of SFAS No. 123(R).
Stock-based
compensation expense recognized during the period is based on the value of
the
portion of share-based payment awards that is ultimately expected to vest
during
the period. Stock-based compensation expense recognized in our condensed
consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended August 31,
2006
included compensation expense for share-based payment awards granted prior
to,
but not yet vested as of May 31, 2006 based on the grant date fair value
estimated in accordance with the pro forma provisions of SFAS No. 123 and
compensation expense for the share-based payment awards granted subsequent
to
May 31, 2006 based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance
with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R). Stock-based compensation expense
recognized in our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the
three
months ended August 31, 2007 included compensation expense for share-based
payment awards granted subsequent to May 31, 2007 based on the grant date
fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R).
As
stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated
statements of operations is based on awards ultimately expected to vest,
it has
been reduced for estimated forfeitures. SFAS No. 123(R) requires forfeitures
to
be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent
periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The estimated
average
forfeiture rate for the three months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006, of
approximately 5% was based on historical forfeiture experience and estimated
future employee forfeitures.
Employee
stock-based compensation expense recognized under SFAS No. 123(R) for the
three months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 was $282,913 and $1,575,000,
respectively, as determined by the Black-Scholes valuation model.
4. Patents
and Trademarks
We
carry
our patents and trademarks at cost less accumulated amortization and we amortize
the patents over their estimated useful lives of four years. We periodically
review the carrying value of the patents and trademarks for impairment and
recognize impairment when the expected future benefit to be derived from
an
individual intangible asset is less than its carrying value.
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5. Income Taxes
We
must
assess the likelihood that we will be able to recover our deferred tax assets.
If recovery is not likely, we must increase our provision for taxes by recording
a valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets that we estimate will
not
ultimately be recoverable. We believe that a substantial majority of the
deferred tax assets recorded on our balance sheet will ultimately be recovered.
However, should there be a change in our ability to recover the deferred
tax
assets; the tax provision would increase in the period in which we determined
that the recovery was not probable.
6. Investment
in
Affiliated Company
We
have a
50% interest in PDS. We account for our investment using the equity method
of
accounting since the investment provides us the ability to exercise significant
influence, but not control, over the investee. Significant influence is
generally deemed to exist if we have an ownership interest in the voting
stock
of the investee of between 20% and 50%, although other factors, such as
representation on the investee’s Board of Directors, are considered in
determining whether the equity method of accounting is appropriate. Under
the
equity method of accounting, the investment, originally recorded at cost,
is
adjusted to recognize our share of net earnings or losses of the investee
and is
recognized in the consolidated statement of operations in the caption “Equity in
earnings of affiliated company”.
We
review
our investment to determine whether events or changes in circumstances indicate
that our carrying amount may not be recoverable. The primary factors we consider
in our determination are the financial condition, operating performance and
near
term prospects of the investee. If a decline in value is deemed to be other
than temporary, we would recognize an impairment loss.
7. Variable
Interest Entity
We
own
100% of the preferred stock of Scripps Secured Data, Inc. (“SSDI”). On March 27,
2007 we entered into an 18 month revolving line of credit with SSDI for a
maximum amount of $500,000. The line of credit caused us to have a variable
interest in SSDI, a variable interest entity, and we have determined that
we are
the primary beneficiary as we absorb more than half of the variable interest
entity’s expected losses. FIN46(R), Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities,
requires
us to consolidate SSDI as long as we are deemed to be the primary
beneficiary.
We
reevaluate our primary beneficiary position at each of our balance sheet
dates
using the guidance in FIN46(R). If we are no longer deemed to be the primary
beneficiary of the variable interest entity, we will discontinue
consolidation.
Results
of Operations
Our
revenues increased from approximately $26,000 for the three months ended
August
31, 2006 to approximately $521,000 for the three months ended August 31,
2007.
Our revenue amounts do not include income of approximately $12,070,000 from
our
investment in Phoenix Digital Solutions, LLC for the three months ended August
31, 2006, or loss of approximately $1,201,000 from our investment in Phoenix
Digital Solutions, LLC for the three months ended August 31, 2007. During
the
three months ended August 31, 2007 we recorded sales amounting to approximately
$512,000 by our consolidated variable interest entity, SSDI, with cost of
sales
amounting to approximately $152,000. During the three months ended August
31,
2006 and 2007, we recognized maintenance fee revenues totaling approximately
$6,250 and $6,250 in connection with an agreement with AMD Corporation during
the 2005 fiscal year. The agreement called for maintenance fees totaling
$100,000 connected with a license agreement for our Ignite technology; the
license fee revenue is being recognized as revenue evenly over the four year
period of the license. In addition during the three months ended August 31,
2007, we recorded sales of approximately $3,300 from the sale of microprocessor
chips that we no longer market. Inventory associated with the sales of these
microprocessor chips is carried at zero value. During the three months ended
August 31, 2006, we recorded sales of approximately $20,100 relating to the
microprocessor chips.
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Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from approximately $2,733,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2006 to approximately $1,988,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2007. Legal expenses decreased by approximately $127,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2007 compared with the three months ended August 31, 2006 and accounting expenses increased by approximately $70,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2007 compared with the three months ended August 31, 2006 primarily due to fees for the audits of our affiliate, consolidated variable interest entity and the completion of the testing of our internal controls. Salary costs and related expenses included non-cash expenses associated with the fair value of options granted during the period in accordance with SFAS No. 123R. During the three months ended August 31, 2007, options were granted to our newly-appointed chief executive officer pursuant to terms of his employment contract, those option grants plus the related vesting on the grants resulted in non-cash compensation expense of approximately $170,000. On August 16, 2007 options were granted to certain employees and a newly-appointed director resulting in non-cash compensation of approximately $113,000. During the three months ended August 31, 2006, 1,500,000 options were granted to our then chief executive officer resulting in a non-cash compensation expense amounting to approximately $1,527,000. Board of director fees amounting to approximately $98,000 were paid during the three months ended August 31, 2007 as compared to $60,000 paid for the three months ended August 31, 2006. Other salary expenses increased by approximately $371,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2007 as compared with the three months ended August 31, 2006 including approximately $307,000 in salaries and related expenses for SSDI during the three months ended August 31, 2007. Salary expenses for the parent company including wages, payroll taxes, employee benefits and expenses connected with 401(k) employer matching increased by approximately $64,000 during the three months ended August 31, 2007 as compared with the three months ended August 31, 2006. Travel and related expenses for the three months ended August 31, 2007 increased by approximately $43,000 as expenses for SSDI of approximately $51,000 were combined with the decrease in travel expenses for the parent company of approximately $8,300. Consulting expenses increased by approximately $27,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2007 as compared to the three months ended August 31, 2006 due to one time fees for evaluations of our various technologies and expenses associated with our production of materials for the upcoming litigation. Offsetting the increases in selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended August 31, 2007 as compared to the three months ended August 31, 2006, were decreases amounting to approximately $55,000 for public relations expenses and $13,000 for investor relations expenses.
Settlement
and license expenses amounting to $30,000 were recorded for the three months
ended August 31, 2007 relating to royalties payable resulting from an agreement
with Fish (see Note 3 to our condensed consolidated financial statements
for
more information). No such expenses were recorded for the three months ended
August 31, 2006.
Our
other
income and expenses for the three months ended August 31, 2007 and 2006 included
equity in the earnings and loss of PDS. The investment is accounted for in
accordance with the equity method of accounting for investments. Our investment
in PDS for the three months ended August 31, 2007 generated a loss after
expenses in the amount of approximately $1,201,000 resulting from licensing
agreements for our intellectual property with Lego Systems and Bull for one
time
payments. Our investment in PDS provided net income after expenses in the
amount
of approximately $12,070,000 for the three months ended August 31,
2006. Total
other income and expense for the three months ended August 31, 2007 amounted
to
net other expense of approximately $577,000 compared with total other income
and
expense for the three months ended August 31, 2006 of net other income amounting
to approximately $12,196,000. Interest income and other income increased
from
approximately $127,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2006 to
approximately $475,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2007 as interest
bearing account balances increased from cash received as distributions from
our
investment in PDS and we recognized other income of approximately $227,000
in
connection with our reimbursement request billings to PDS for our prior period
legal expenses incurred in connection with the patent litigation. During
the
three months ended August 31, 2007, SSDI recognized $150,000 of other income
in
connection with the sale of a portion of its interest in Holocom MultiDomain
Computers, LLC, now known as DataSecurus, LLC.
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During the quarter ended August 31, 2006, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $3,500,000 related to federal and California taxes. During the quarter ended August 31, 2007, we recorded a benefit from income taxes of approximately $233,000 related to federal and California taxes. Also, during the quarters ended August 31, 2006, and August 31, 2007, we utilized approximately $34,300,000 and $5,600,000, respectively, of our available federal net operating loss carry-forwards. At August 31, 2007 we have utilized all of our remaining available federal net operating loss carry-forwards. At May 31, 2007, we have utilized all of our state net operating loss carry-forwards of approximately $17,822,000.
We
recorded net income for the three months ended August 31, 2006 of $5,990,273
compared with a net loss of $1,962,386 for the three months ended August
31,
2007.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Liquidity
Our
cash,
marketable securities and short-term investment balances decreased from
approximately $25,955,000 as of May 31, 2007 to approximately $20,278,000
as of
August 31, 2007. We also have restricted cash balances amounting to
approximately $102,000 as of May 31, 2007 and approximately $103,000 as of
August 31, 2007. Total current assets decreased from approximately $31,399,000
as of May 31, 2007 to approximately $22,319,000 as of August 31, 2007. Total
current liabilities amounted to approximately $2,021,000 and approximately
$8,551,000 as of May 31, 2007 and August 31, 2007, respectively. The change
in
our current position as of August 31, 2007 as compared with May 31, 2007
results
from our utilization of cash to repurchase warrants and to purchase treasury
stock while not receiving cash distributions from PDS during the three months
ended August 31, 2007. Additionally, during the three months ended August
31,
2007, we utilized our remaining federal net operating losses for income tax
purposes, resulting in a current tax liability of approximately $7,678,000
and
causing our prepaid income taxes and deferred tax assets at May 31, 2007
to be
reclassified to the current tax liability.
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
Cash
used
in operating activities for the three months ended August 31, 2007 was
approximately $2,129,000 as compared with cash used in operating activities
for
the three months ended August 31, 2006 of approximately $1,629,000. The
principal components of the current period amount were: our share of loss
in our
investee of approximately $1,201,000, change in refundable income taxes of
approximately $2,071,000 change in income taxes payable of approximately
$7,678,000. These increases were partially offset by: net loss of approximately
$1,962,000, change in deferred taxes of approximately $9,956,000, and changes
in
accounts payable and accrued expenses of approximately $1,148,000.
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
Cash
used
in investing activities was approximately $255,000 for the three months ended
August 31, 2007 as compared to cash provided by investing activities of
approximately $9,098,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2006. The
decrease was primarily due to lack of distributions received from our investment
in affiliate. Cash used during the three months ended August 31, 2007 consisted
of approximately $347,000 in net purchases of short-term investments and
purchases of fixed assets of approximately $8,000. The cash used during the
three months ended August 31, 2007 was partially offset by proceeds of $100,000
received by SSDI for the sale of a membership interest in DataSecurus, LLC.
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
Cash
used
in financing activities for the three months ended August 31, 2007 was
approximately $3,640,000 as compared to approximately $1,774,000 for the
three
months ended August 31, 2006 primarily due to payments of approximately
$2,726,000 to repurchase shares of our common stock for treasury and warrant
repurchases of approximately $922,000 for the three months ended August 31,
2007. The cash used during the three months ended August 31, 2007 was partially
offset by cash received of approximately $8,000 from the exercise of common
stock options and warrants.
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Capital Resources
Our
current position as of August 31, 2007 is expected to provide the funds
necessary to support our operations through at least the next twelve
months.
Contractual
Obligations and Committments
A
summary
of our outstanding contractual obligations at August 31, 2007 is as
follows:
Contractual
Cash
Obligations
|
Total
Amounts
Committed
|
1-3
Years
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
Operating
leases - facilities
|
$
|
180,810
|
$
|
180,810
|
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
July
2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No.
109
(“FIN
48”). This interpretation clarifies the application of SFAS No. 109,
Accounting
for Income Taxes,
by
defining criteria that an individual tax position must meet for any part
of the
benefit of that position to be recognized in a company’s financial statements
and also provides guidance on measurement, derecognition, classification,
interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and
transition. We adopted FIN 48 on June 1, 2007 and did not record any cumulative
effect adjustment to retained earnings as a result of adopting FIN 48. Interest
and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits are recorded
in
income tax expense. As of June 1, 2007, we are subject to U.S. Federal income
tax examinations for the tax years May 31, 1991 through May 31, 2007, and
we are
subject to state and local income tax examinations for the tax years May
31,
1999 through May 31, 2007 due to the carryover of net operating losses from
prior years.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair
Value Measurements
(“SFAS
No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principals and expands
disclosures about fair value measurements. The statement does not require
new fair value measurements, but is applied to the extent that other accounting
pronouncements require or permit fair value measurements. The statement
emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement that should be
determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in
pricing an asset or liability. Companies that have assets and liabilities
measured at fair value will be required to disclose information that enables
the
users of its financial statements to access the inputs used to develop those
measurements. The reporting entity is encouraged, but not required, to
combine the fair value information disclosed under this statement with the
fair
value information disclosed under other accounting pronouncements. SFAS
No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.
We
expect to adopt SFAS No. 157 on June 1, 2008. We are currently assessing
the impact the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will have on our consolidated financial
statements.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159,
The
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
(“SFAS
No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure at fair value many
financial instruments and certain other items 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. SFAS No. 159 also
establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate
comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes
for
similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 159 does not affect
any existing accounting literature that requires certain assets and liabilities
to be carried at fair value. SFAS No. 159 does not establish
requirements for recognizing and measuring dividend income, interest income,
or
interest expense. This Statement does not eliminate disclosure requirements
included in other accounting standards. SFAS No. 159 is effective in
fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We are in the process of
evaluating the provisions of the statement, but do not anticipate that the
adoption of SFAS No. 159 will have a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
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Risk Factors
We
urge
you to carefully consider the following discussion of risks as well as other
information regarding our common stock. We believe the following to be our
most
significant risk factors as of the date this report is being filed. The risks
and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face.
We
Have Reported Substantial Income In 2006 and 2007 Which May Not Be Indicative
Of
Our Future Income
During
fiscal 2007 and 2006, we entered into license agreements, directly and through
our joint venture with Technology Properties Limited. Because of the uncertain
nature of the negotiations that lead to license revenues, pending litigation
with companies which we allege have infringed on our patent portfolio, the
possibility of legislative action regarding patent rights, and the possible
effect of new judicial interpretation of patent laws, we cannot predict the
amount of future revenues from such agreements, or whether there will be
future
revenues from license agreements at all.
We
Are Dependent Upon A Joint Venture In Which We Are A Passive Partner For
Substantially All Of Our Income
In
June
of 2005, we entered into a joint venture with Technology Properties Limited,
pursuant to which Technology Properties Limited is responsible for the licensing
and enforcement of our microprocessor patent portfolio. This joint venture
has
been the source of virtually all of our income since June of 2005. Therefore,
in
light of the absence of significant revenue from other sources, we should
be
regarded as entirely dependent on the success or failure of the licensing
and
prosecution efforts of Technology Properties Limited on behalf of the joint
venture. Sales of our microprocessor products and data security products
have
resulted in limited revenues. Our other product lines are no longer being
actively marketed, and also only generate limited and sporadic
sales.
Our
Limited Sales And Marketing Capabilities
Have Affected Our Revenue
We
currently have limited marketing capabilities and may need to hire additional
sales and marketing personnel. We may not be able to recruit, train, or retain
qualified personnel to sell and market our products. We also may not be able
to
develop a successful sales and marketing strategy. We also have very limited
marketing experience. Any marketing efforts we undertake may not be successful
and may not result in any significant sales of our products.
We
May Experience Difficulties In The Completion Of Our Development Stage Products
Our
technologies and products are in various stages of development. We do not
currently have in-house development personnel, nor have we retained independent
researchers. Therefore, our development stage products may not be completed
on a
timely basis or at all. Additionally, even if we do recommence our development
activities, our development stage products may not be completed due to the
inherent risks of new product and technology development, limitations on
financing, competition, obsolescence, the absence or loss of key personnel
and
other factors. Although we have licensed some of our technology at its current
stage of development, we may not continue to be able to do so and any revenues
generated from licensing may not be sufficient to support operations at their
current level. Also, unanticipated technical obstacles can arise at any time
and
result in lengthy and costly delays or in a determination that further
development is not feasible.
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Changes In Our Relationships With Companies In Which We Hold Less Than A Majority Interest Could Change The Way We Account For Such Interests In The Future.
We
hold a
minority interest in a company (Scripps Secured Data, Inc.) to which we provide
financing. Under the applicable provisions of accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America, including FIN 46(R), we currently
consolidate the financial statements and results of operations of this company
into our consolidated financial statements and results of operations, and
record
the equity interest that we do not own as a minority interest. For our other
investment (Phoenix Digital Solutions, LLC), accounted for under the equity
method, we record as part of other income or expense our share of the increase
or decrease in the equity of the company in which we have invested. It is
possible that, in the future, our relationships and/or our interests in or
with
this consolidated entity and equity method investee could change. Such potential
future changes could result in deconsolidation or consolidation of such
entities, as the case may be, which could result in changes in our reported
results.
We
Have Settled A Legal Dispute Which Could Affect Our Future Results Of Operations
And Working Capital Position
We
were
sued by a co-inventor of the technology underlying our microprocessor patent
portfolio with regard to proceeds we received as a consequence of recently
signed license agreements. On February 14, 2007, we finalized a settlement
of
this litigation. This settlement required us to pay the co-inventor $6,400,000
and requires us to pay up to $2,000,000 from the proceeds we receive from
future
licensing transactions. As of the date of this filing, we have paid $1,194,000
of the $2,000,000 obligation for future licensing transaction proceeds required
under the settlement agreement. These payments have resulted, and will result,
in a reduction of our net income in the current fiscal year and future quarters
until our obligations under the settlement have been fulfilled.
A
Successful Challenge To The Proprietary Nature Of Our Intellectual Property
Would Have A Significant And Adverse Effect On Us
A
successful challenge to our ownership of our technology or the proprietary
nature of our intellectual property would materially damage our business
prospects. We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade
secret laws, confidentiality procedures and licensing arrangements to protect
our intellectual property rights. We currently have eight U.S. patents, one
European patent, and one Japanese patent issued. Any issued patent may be
challenged and invalidated. Patents may not be issued for any of our pending
applications. Any claims allowed from existing or pending patents may not
be of
sufficient scope or strength to provide significant protection for our products.
Patents may not be issued in all countries where our products can be sold
so as
to provide meaningful protection or any commercial advantage to us. Our
competitors may also be able to design around our patents.
Vigorous
protection and pursuit of intellectual property rights or positions characterize
the fiercely competitive semiconductor industry, which has resulted in
significant and often protracted and expensive litigation. Therefore, our
competitors and others may assert that our technologies or products infringe
on
their patents or proprietary rights. Persons we believe are infringing our
patents are vigorously defending their actions and have asserted that our
patents are invalid. Problems with patents or other rights could increase
the
cost of our products or delay, preclude new product development and
commercialization by us, and limit future license revenue. If infringement
claims against us are deemed valid or if our infringement claims are
successfully opposed, we may not be able to obtain appropriate licenses on
acceptable terms or at all. Litigation could be costly and time-consuming
but
may be necessary to protect our future patent and/or technology license
positions or to defend against infringement claims. We are currently involved
in
patent litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Texas (see the Section entitled “Legal Proceedings”). Additionally, opposing
parties in the litigation and one other person have petitioned the U. S.
Patent
and Trademark Office to re-examine certain of our patents. An adverse decision
in the litigation or in the re-examination process would have a very significant
and adverse effect on our business.
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If A Large Number Of Our Shares Are Sold All At Once Or In Blocks, The Market Price Of Our Shares Would Most Likely Decline
Our
warrant holders are not restricted in the price at which they can sell common
stock acquired through the exercise of warrants. Shares sold at a price below
the current market price at which the common stock is trading may cause the
market price to decline. The shares of common stock that are issuable on
the
exercise of our warrants represent a significant portion of our fully-diluted
capitalization.
The
Market For Our Stock Is Subject To Rules Relating To Low-Priced Stock (“Penny
Stock”) Which May Limit Our Ability To Raise Capital
Our
common stock is currently listed for trading in the National Association
of
Securities Dealers (“NASD”) Over-The-Counter Bulletin (“OTC”) Board Market and
is subject to the “penny stock rules” adopted pursuant to Section 15(g) of the
Exchange Act. In general, the penny stock rules apply to non-NASDAQ or
non-national stock exchange companies whose common stock trades at less than
$5.00 per share or which have tangible net worth of less than $5,000,000
($2,000,000 if the company has been operating for three or more years). Such
rules require, among other things, that brokers who trade “penny stock” on
behalf of persons other than “established customers” complete certain
documentation, make suitability inquiries of investors and provide investors
with certain information concerning trading in the security, including a
risk
disclosure document, quote information, broker’s commission information and
rights and remedies available to investors in penny stocks. Many brokers
have
decided not to trade “penny stock” because of the requirements of the penny
stock rules, and as a result, the number of broker-dealers willing to act
as
market makers in such securities is limited. The “penny stock rules,” therefore,
may have an adverse impact on the market for our common stock and may affect
our
ability to raise additional capital if we decide to do so.
Our
Share Price Could Decline As A Result Of Short Sales
When
an
investor sells stock that he does not own, it is known as a short sale. The
seller, anticipating that the price of the stock will go down, intends to
buy
stock to cover his sale at a later date. If the price of the stock goes down,
the seller will profit to the extent of the difference between the price
at
which he originally sold it less his later purchase price. Short sales enable
the seller to profit in a down market. Short sales could place significant
downward pressure on the price of our common stock. Penny stocks which do
not
trade on an exchange, such as our common stock, are particularly susceptible
to
short sales.
Our
Future Success Depends In Significant Part Upon The Continued Services Of
Our
Key Senior Management
Our
future success depends in significant part upon the continued services of
our
key senior management personnel. The competition for highly qualified personnel
is intense, and we may not be able to retain our key managerial employees
or
attract and retain additional highly qualified technical and managerial
personnel in the future. None of our employees are represented by a labor
union,
and we consider our relations with our employees to be good. None of our
employees are covered by key man life insurance policies.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
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Item
4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As
required by Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of August 31,
2007, the end of the period to which this quarterly report relates, we have
carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation
of
our disclosure controls and procedures. This evaluation was carried out under
the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our
Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer.
Disclosure
controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed
to
ensure that information required to be disclosed in our report filed or
submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include,
without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is
accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and
procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only
reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and management necessarily
applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible
controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure
controls and procedures as of August 31, 2007, our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure
controls and procedures were effective.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during our most
recently completed fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings
Lowell
Giffhorn Arbitration
On
September 23, 2005, Lowell Giffhorn, a former executive officer
and a former director of the Company, submitted a demand for arbitration
with
the American Arbitration Association related to the termination of
Mr. Giffhorn's employment with the Company. Mr. Giffhorn asserts that
the termination of his employment with the Company was unlawful, retaliatory,
wrongful, violated public policy, violated the covenant of good faith and
fair
dealing and violated securities laws. Mr. Giffhorn has demanded damages of
approximately $4,500,000 (excluding claims for punitive damages and attorneys
fees). The Company denies the allegations and believes the claims to be without
merit. The Company has retained litigation counsel and intends to vigorously
defend the claims. The amount, if any, of ultimate liability with respect
to the
foregoing cannot be determined. Despite the inherent uncertainties of
litigation, the Company at this time does not believe that Mr. Giffhorn's
claim will have a material adverse impact on its financial condition, results
of
operations, or cash flows.
Patent
Litigation
Pursuant
to the joint venture that the Company entered into in June 2005 with TPL
(in
settlement of inventorship/ownership litigation between the parties, and
in
return for a 50-50 sharing of net licensing and enforcement revenues), the
Company granted TPL the complete and exclusive right to enforce and license
its
microprocessor patent portfolio. The Company then dismissed its patent
infringement claims against Fujitsu Computer Systems, Inc. (“Fujitsu”),
Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (“MEI”), NEC Solutions (America) Inc.
(“NEC”), Sony Electronics Inc. (“Sony”), and Toshiba America Inc., and certain
related entities of these defendants
which had been pending in the Federal District Court for the Northern District
of California. Thereafter, TPL, on behalf of the TPL/Patriot joint venture,
filed patent infringement actions against certain of the foregoing defendants
(except Sony) and their related entities in the Federal District Court for
the
Eastern District of Texas, which litigation is currently pending. Patriot
was
subsequently joined as a party to the litigation. Litigation is not currently
pending with regard to Fujitsu or NEC and certain of NEC’s subsidiaries as
listed below.
On
August
25, 2006, ARM Ltd. and ARM, Inc. intervened as defendants, seeking a declaration
of non-infringement of our ‘584 patent with respect to ARM processor cores
contained within some alleged infringing chips of other defendants.
In
February 2006, a license agreement was entered into with Fujitsu regarding
the
Company's patent portfolio, and in connection with that transaction, litigation
involving Fujitsu and TPL and the Company in both California and Texas was
dismissed.
In
February 2007, a license agreement was entered into with: NEC Corporation,
NEC
Corporation of America, Inc., NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. and
NEC
Unified Solutions, Inc. In connection with that transaction, the above named
defendants, excluding NEC Electronics America, Inc., were dismissed from
the
lawsuit.
A
Claims
Construction Hearing was held May 3, 2007 in The United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas. On June 15, 2007, the court handed down
claims construction of the patents-in-suit, the ‘336, ‘148 and ‘584 patents.
Based on the claims construction ruling, TPL/Patriot are vigorously proceeding
with discovery with respect to the ‘336 and ‘148 patents. However, based on the
claims construction ruling as to the ‘584 patent claims of “instruction groups”,
TPL/Patriot announced on August 8, 2007, a Stipulation with ARM intended
to
expedite an appeal of that claims construction. The Stipulation is a declaration
of non-infringement by the accused ARM products with respect to the ‘584 patent.
This is intended to bolster TPL/Patriot’s efforts in the long run to enforce
rights under the ‘584 patent. A notice of appeal to the Federal Circuit has been
filed with respect to the ARM Stipulation and the District Court's claims
construction with respect to the '584 patent.
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During the discovery phase, TPL and Patriot reached stipulations regarding representative chips and products to streamline the presentation of the evidence at trial. As such, only a portion of the accused chips and products of those defendants will be the subject of evidence at trial. NEC Electronics America, Inc. is accused in the litigation of contributory infringement by virtue of manufacturing chips utilized by the other defendants in accused products.
The
parties proceeded to mediation September 25-26, 2007. During the mediation
TPL
did not reach an agreement with any of the three sets of defendants with
respect
to the issues of the lawsuit, or with respect to potential licensing agreements
broader in scope than the claims of the litigation. Jury selection is scheduled
to begin January 7, 2008.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
No
material changes from the risk factors contained in our 10-K for the year
ended
May 31, 2007. Please see Part I, Item 2, above, for our risk factors.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
On
April
28, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase
program. We commenced the program in July 2006 and plan to repurchase
outstanding shares of our common stock on the open market from time to time.
As
part of the program, we purchased 4,961,640 shares of our common stock at
an
aggregate cost of $2,725,793 during the three months ended August 31, 2007.
Following
is a summary of all repurchases by the Company of its common stock during
the
three month period ended August 31, 2007:
Period
|
Total
Number
of
Shares
Purchased
|
Average
Price
Paid
per
Share
|
Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or
Programs
|
|||||||
June
1 - 30, 2007
|
2,229,700
|
$
|
0.54
|
2,229,700
|
||||||
July
1 - 31, 2007
|
2,570,940
|
$
|
0.56
|
2,570,940
|
||||||
August
1 - 31, 2007
|
161,000
|
$
|
0.54
|
161,000
|
||||||
Total
|
4,961,640
|
$
|
0.55
|
4,961,640
|
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None.
Item
5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits
Those
exhibits marked with an asterisk (*) refer to exhibits filed herewith. The
other
exhibits are incorporated herein by reference, as indicated in the following
list.
Exhibit No.
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Document
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2.1
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Agreement
to Exchange Technology for Stock in the Company, incorporated
by reference
to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 8-K dated August 10, 1989 (Commission
file No. 33-23143-FW)
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2.2
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Assets
Purchase Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated June 22, 1994,
among the Company, nanoTronics Corporation and Helmut Falk, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 8-K dated July 6, 1994
(Commission file No. 000-22182)
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2.2.1
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Amendment
to Development Agreement dated April 23, 1996 between the Company and
Sierra Systems, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2.1 to
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form SB-2
filed April 29, 1996 (Commission file No.
333-01765)
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2.3
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Form
of Exchange Offer dated December 4, 1996 between the Company and
certain shareholders of Metacomp, Inc., incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 2.3 to Form 8-K filed January 9, 1997 (Commission file
No. 000-22182)
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2.4
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Letter
of Transmittal to Accompany Shares of Common Stock of Metacomp,
Inc.
Tendered Pursuant to the Exchange Offer Dated December 4, 1996,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to Form 8-K filed
January 9, 1997 (Commission file No. 000-22182)
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3.1
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Original
Articles of incorporation of the Company’s predecessor, Patriot
Financial Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
registration statement on Form S-18, (Commission file No.
33-23143-FW)
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3.2
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Articles of
Amendment of Patriot Financial Corporation, as filed with the
Colorado
Secretary of State on July 21, 1988, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to registration statement on Form S-18, (Commission file
No. 33-23143-FW)
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3.3
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Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company, as filed with the Delaware Secretary
of
State on March 24, 1992, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.3 to Form 8-K dated May 12, 1992 (Commission file No.
33-23143-FW)
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3.3.1
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on April 18, 1995, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.3.1 to Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended May 31, 1995 (Commission file No. 000-22182)
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3.3.2
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 24, 1997, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.3.2 to Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended May 31, 1997, filed July 18, 1997 (Commission file No.
000-22182)
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3.3.3
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on April 28, 2000,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3.3 to Registration Statement
on Form S-3 filed May 5, 2000 (Commission file No.
333-36418)
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3.3.4
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 6, 2002, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.3.4 to Registration Statement on Form S-3
filed June 27, 2002 (Commission file No.
333-91352)
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3.3.5
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Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
as filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on October 16, 2003,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3.5 to Registration Statement
on Form SB-2 filed May 21, 2004 (Commission file No.
333-115752)
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3.4
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Articles and
Certificate of Merger of Patriot Financial Corporation into the
Company
dated May 1, 1992, with Agreement and Plan of Merger attached thereto
as Exhibit A, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Form
8-K dated May 12, 1992 (Commission file No.
33-23143-FW)
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3.5
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Certificate
of Merger issued by the Delaware Secretary of State on May 8, 1992,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Form 8-K dated
May 12, 1992 (Commission file No. 33-23143-FW)
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3.6
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Certificate
of Merger issued by the Colorado Secretary of State on May 12, 1992,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to Form 8-K dated
May 12, 1992 (Commission file No. 33-23143-FW)
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3.7
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Bylaws
of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Form 8-K
dated May 12, 1992 (Commission file No.
33-23143-FW)
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4.1
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Specimen
common stock certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
Form 8-K dated May 12, 1992 (Commission file No.
33-23143-FW)
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4.2
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1996
Stock Option Plan of the Company dated March 25, 1996 and approved by
the Shareholders on May 17, 1996, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.13 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 filed May 23, 1996 (Commission file No.
333-01765)
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4.3
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2001
Stock Option Plan of the Company dated February 21, 2001 incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed March 26, 2001 (Commission file No.
333-57602)
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4.4
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2003
Stock Option Plan of the Company dated July 2, 2003 incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.27 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
September 4, 2003 (Commission file No. 333-108489)
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4.5
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2006
Stock Option Plan of the Company dated March 31, 2006 incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.19 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
June 20, 2006 (Commission file No. 333-135156)
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4.6
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Approval
Rights Agreement and Termination of Antidilution Agreement and
Addendum to
Warrants dated October 10, 2006, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.29 to Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended May 31,
2006, filed on October 13, 2006 (Commission file No. 000-22182)
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10.1
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Employment
Agreement dated June 5, 2007 by and between the Company and James
Turley,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K filed June
8, 2007
(Commission file No. 000-22182)
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10.2
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Employment
Agreement dated September 17, 2007 by and between the Company and
Clifford
Flowers, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K
filed
September 19, 2007 (Commission file No. 000-22182)
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31.1*
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Certification
of James L. Turley, CEO, pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
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31.2*
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Certification
of Clifford L. Flowers, CFO, pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
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32.1*
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Certification
of James L. Turley, CEO, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of
Title 18 of the United States Code
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32.2*
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Certification
of Clifford L. Flowers, CFO, pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter
63 of
Title 18 of the United States Code
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
DATED:
October 10, 2007
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PATRIOT
SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
/S/
JAMES L. TURLEY
James
L. Turley
Chief
Executive Officer
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In
accordance with the Exchange Act, 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
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Title
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Date
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/S/
JAMES L. TURLEY
James
L. Turley
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President,
Chief Executive Officer, and Director
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October
10, 2007
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/S/
CLIFFORD L. FLOWERS
Clifford
L. Flowers
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Chief
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
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October 10,
2007
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/S/
DAVID H. POHL
David
H. Pohl
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Chairman
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October 10,
2007
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/S/
CARLTON M. JOHNSON
Carlton
M. Johnson
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Director
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October 10,
2007
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/S/
GLORIA H. FELCYN
Gloria
H. Felcyn
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Director
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October 10,
2007
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/S/
HELMUT FALK, JR.
Helmut
Falk, Jr.
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Director
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October 10,
2007
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/S/
HARRY L. TREDENNICK
Harry
L. Tredennick
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Director
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October
10, 2007
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