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ORIGINCLEAR, INC. - Quarter Report: 2009 June (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q
 
(Mark One)
                     
x
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED: JUNE 30, 2009
 
¨
TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
 
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM __________ TO __________
 
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER ________________
 
ORIGINOIL, INC.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
26-0287664
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
5645 West Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016
 (Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code)

(323) 939-6645
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No x

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,”  “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ¨
Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨
Smaller reporting company  x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨   No x
 
The number of shares of registrant’s common stock outstanding, as of July 31, 2009 was 148,701,050.
 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
Page
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
     
Item 1.       Financial Statements
 
1
Item 2.       Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
 
7
Item 3.       Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
14
Item 4.       Controls and Procedures
 
14
     
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
     
Item 1.       Legal Proceedings
 
15
Item 2.       Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
15
Item 3.       Defaults Upon Senior Securities
 
15
Item 4.       Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
15
Item 5.       Other Information
 
15
Item 6.       Exhibits
 
15
     
SIGNATURES
 
16
 

 
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.   Financial Statements.
 
ORIGINOIL, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
BALANCE SHEETS
 
   
(Unaudited)
       
   
June 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
ASSETS
           
CURRENT ASSETS
           
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
380,820
   
$
580,055
 
Prepaid expense
   
7,886
     
16,929
 
Total Current Assets
   
388,706
     
596,984
 
                 
PROPERTY & EQUIPMENT, at cost
               
Machinery and equipment
   
1,372
     
1,372
 
Furniture and fixtures
   
27,056
     
27,056
 
Computer equipment
   
22,268
     
17,564
 
Leasehold improvements
   
94,914
     
94,914
 
     
145,610
     
140,906
 
Less accumulated depreciation
   
(41,012
)
   
(13,126
)
     
104,598
     
127,780
 
                 
OTHER ASSETS
               
Patent
   
31,618
     
25,829
 
Trademark
   
4,467
     
4,467
 
Security deposit
   
9,650
     
9,650
 
Total Other Assets
   
45,735
     
39,946
 
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
 
$
539,039
   
$
764,710
 
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Accounts payable
 
$
3,486
   
$
17,871
 
Accrued expenses
   
24,000
     
21,883
 
Credit card payable
   
3
     
2,307
 
Other payable
   
11,015
     
28,420
 
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
   
38,504
     
70,481
 
                 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 50,000 authorized preferred shares
   
-
     
-
 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 authorized common shares 148,071,050 and 144,180,050 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
   
14,870
     
14,418
 
Additional paid in capital
   
2,731,728
     
1,827,980
 
Common stock payable
   
1,151,350
     
804,200
 
Deficit accumulated during the development stage
   
(3,397,413
)
   
(1,952,369
)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
   
500,535
     
694,229
 
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
$
539,039
   
$
764,710
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
 
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ORIGINOIL, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
  
For the Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
For the Six Months Ended
June 30,
   
From Inception
June 1, 2007 through
June 30, 2009
 
 
  
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
       
REVENUE
  
$
-
  
 
$
-
  
 
$
-
  
 
$
-
  
 
$
-
  
           
OPERATING EXPENSES
  
                                     
Selling and marketing
  
 
200,365
  
   
56,731
  
   
310,151
  
   
56,731
  
   
641,160
  
General and administrative expenses
  
 
469,591
  
   
172,266
  
   
885,800
  
   
339,396
  
   
2,262,428
  
Research & development
  
 
90,695
  
   
73,361
  
   
221,912
  
   
111,784
  
   
492,608
  
Depreciation & amortization expense
  
 
13,943
  
   
51
  
   
27,886
  
   
568
  
   
41,012
  
 
  
                                     
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
  
 
774,594
     
302,409
     
1,445,749
     
508,479
     
3,437,208
 
 
  
                                     
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSE)
  
 
(774,594
)
   
(302,409
)
   
(1,445,749
)
   
(508,479
)
   
(3,437,208
)
           
OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSE)
  
                                     
Interest income
  
 
5
     
99
     
22
     
3,820
     
13,661
 
Dividend income
  
 
58
  
   
5,889
  
   
769
  
   
13,420
  
   
26,488
  
Capital gains
  
 
-
  
   
-
  
   
-
  
   
-
  
   
107
  
Penalties
  
 
-
     
-
  
   
(86
   
-
  
   
(86
Interest expense
  
 
-
  
   
-
  
   
-
  
   
-
  
   
(375
)
 
  
                                     
TOTAL OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSE)
  
 
63
  
   
5,988
  
   
705
  
   
17,420
  
   
39,795
  
 
  
                                     
           
NET LOSS
  
$
(774,531
 
$
(296,421
 
$
(1,445,044
 
$
(491,239
 
$
(3,397,413
 
  
                                     
           
BASIC AND DILUTED LOSS PER SHARE
  
$
(0.01
 
$
(0.00
 
$
(0.01
 
$
(0.00
       
           
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING BASIC AND DILUTED
  
 
147,210,610
  
   
143,430,050
  
   
145,703,702
  
   
143,430,050
         
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
 
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ORIGINOIL, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
 
               
From Inception
 
   
Six Months
   
Six Months
   
June 1, 2007
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
through
 
   
June 30, 2009
   
June 30, 2008
   
June 30, 2009
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                 
Net loss
 
$
(1,445,044
)
 
$
(491,239
)
 
$
(3,397,413
)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash
                       
 used in operating activities
                       
Depreciation
   
27,886
     
568
     
41,012
 
Contributed capital by investor
   
-
     
-
     
375
 
Common stock issued for services
   
-
     
-
     
5,000
 
(Increase) Decrease in:
                       
Prepaid expenses
   
9,043
     
(10,000
)
   
(7,886
)
Other assets
   
-
     
(9,000
)
   
(9,650
)
Increase (Decrease) in:
                       
Accounts payable
   
(14,385
   
-
     
3,486
 
Accrued expenses
   
2,117
     
(10,581
   
24,000
 
Credit card payable
   
(2,304
)
   
710
     
3
 
Payroll taxes payable
   
(17,405
)
   
(2,307
)
   
11,015
 
                         
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES
   
(1,440,092
)
   
(521,849
)
   
(3,330,058
)
                         
CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                       
Patent and trademark expenditures
   
(5,789
)
   
-
     
(36,085
)
Purchase of fixed assets
   
(4,704
)
   
(6,778
)
   
(145,610
)
                         
NET CASH USED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES
   
(10,493
)
   
(2,585
)
   
(181,695
)
                         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                       
Proceeds from common stock subscription payable:
   
1,151,350 
     
     
1,955,550
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net
   
100,000
     
-
     
1,937,023
 
                         
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
   
1,251,350
     
-
     
3,892,573
 
                         
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH
   
(199,235
)
   
(528,627
)
   
380,820
 
                         
CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
   
580,055
     
1,267,670
     
-
 
                         
CASH, END OF PERIOD
 
$
380,820
   
$
739,043
   
$
380,820
 
                         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
                       
Interest paid
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
Taxes paid
 
$
800
   
$
800
   
$
-
 
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS
                       
Stock issued for marketing services
 
$
-
   
$
-
     
105,705
 
 
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ORIGINOIL, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-UNAUDITED
June 30, 2009

1. 
Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the six months ended June 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2009.  For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
Going Concern
 
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis of accounting, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets and liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.  The accompanying financial statements do not reflect any adjustments that might result if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.  The Company does not generate significant revenue, and has negative cash flows from operations, which raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.  The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and appropriateness of using the going concern basis is dependent upon, among other things, additional cash infusion.  As discussed in Note 3, the Company has obtained funds from its shareholders since inception through June 30, 2009. Management believes this funding will continue, and is also actively seeking new investors.  Management believes the existing shareholders and the prospective new investors will provide the additional cash needed to meet the Company’s obligations as they become due, and will allow the development of its core of business.
 
2. 
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
This summary of significant accounting policies of OriginOil, Inc. is presented to assist in understanding the Company’s financial statements. The financial statements and notes are representations of the Company’s management, which is responsible for their integrity and objectivity. These accounting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the financial statements.
 
Development Stage Activities and Operations
 
The Company is in its initial stages of formation and has insignificant revenues. FASB #7 defines a development stage activity as one in which all efforts are devoted substantially to establishing a new business and even if planned principal operations have commenced, revenues are insignificant.
 
Revenue Recognition
 
The Company will recognize revenue when services are performed, and at the time of shipment of products, provided that evidence of an arrangement exists, title and risk of loss have passed to the customer, fees are fixed or determinable, and collection of the related receivable is reasonably assured. To date, the Company has had no revenues and is in the development stage.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalent
 
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
 
Reclassification
 
Certain expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2008 were reclassified to conform with the expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2009.
 
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ORIGINOIL, INC.
(A Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-UNAUDITED
June 30, 2009

2. 
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
 
Loss per Share Calculations
 
The Company adopted Statement of Financial Standards (“SFAS”) No. 128 for the calculation of “Loss per Share”.  SFAS No. 128 dictates the calculation of basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares available. Diluted earnings per share is computed similar to basic earnings per share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. The Company’s diluted loss per share is the same as the basic loss per share for the six months ended June 30, 2009 as the inclusion of any potential shares would have had an anti-dilutive effect due to the Company generating a loss.
 
Stock-Based Compensation
 
As of July 1, 2009, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (FAS) No. 123R, that addresses the accounting for share-based payment transactions in which an enterprise receives employee services in exchange for either equity instruments of the enterprise or liabilities that are based on the fair value of the enterprise’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments. The statement eliminates the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions, as we formerly did, using the intrinsic value method as prescribed by Accounting Principles Board, or APB, Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” and generally requires that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method and recognized as expenses in our statement of income. The adoption of (FAS) No. 123R by the Company had no material impact on the statement of income.
 
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
 
In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, "Subsequent Events" ("SFAS 165"), which establish general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued. SFAS 165 is for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of SFAS 165 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial statements.
 
3.
CAPITAL STOCK
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company issued 4,521,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.20 per share for cash of $904,200; also, the Company received  $1,151,350 in common stock subscriptions to purchase 5,756,750 shares of common stock through a private placement.
 
4. 
INCOME TAXES
 
 
The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction, and the state of California. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2006.
 
 
The Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, on January 1, 2007.  Deferred income taxes have been provided by temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for tax purposes. To the extent allowed by GAAP, we provide valuation allowances against the deferred tax assets for amounts when the realization is uncertain.
 
 
Included in the balance at June 30, 2009, are no tax positions for which the ultimate deductibility is highly certain but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility.  Because of the impact of deferred tax accounting, other than interest and penalties, the disallowance of the shorter deductibility period would not affect the annual effective tax rate but would accelerate the payment of cash to the taxing authority to an earlier period.
 
 
The Company's policy is to recognize interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in operating expenses.
 
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ORIGINOIL, INC.
 (A Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-UNAUDITED
June 30, 2009

5. 
SUBSEQUENT EVENT
 
In accordance with the recently issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 165 “Subsequent Events” (SFAS 165), the company evaluated subsequent events after the balance sheet date of June 30, 2009 through August 10, 2009.
 
As of July 1, 2009, the Company adopted an incentive stock plan and authorized the sale and issuance of a warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares of common stock at the fair market value of $0.31 per share.
 
 
As of August 10, 2009, the Company received through a private placement $44,800 in common stock subscriptions from investors to purchase 203,636 shares of common stock.
 
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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation.

This Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which may include statements about our:
 
 
·
business strategy;
 
 
·
financial strategy;
 
 
·
intellectual property;
 
 
·
production;
 
 
·
future operating results; and
 
 
·
plans, objectives, expectations and intentions contained in this report that are not historical.
 
All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this report, regarding our strategy, intellectual property, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this report, the words “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements we make in this report are reasonable, we can give no assurance that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved.  These statements may be found under “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”  ”Business,” “Properties,” as well as in this report generally.  Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, without limitation, the risks outlined under “Risk Factors” and matters described in this report generally.  In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this filing will in fact occur.  

Overview

The Company was incorporated on June 1, 2007 under the laws of the State of Nevada.  We have only been engaged in our current and proposed business operations since June 2007, and to date, we have been primarily involved in research and development activities.

The Company is currently developing a technology to produce a bio-fuel from algae through a cost-effective, high-speed manufacturing process to replace petroleum in various applications such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents.
 
The Company’s business model is based on licensing this technology to customers such as fuel refiners, chemical and oil companies. The Company is not in the business of producing and marketing oil or fuel, based on algae, as an end product.  We are currently developing our technology and a commercial product. We have not generated any revenues from licensing our technology.

Benefits of Algae Oil Production
 
Cleaner to Produce and Burn
 
Petroleum contains sulfur and other toxins. It is a heavy pollutant. Drilling operations are highly noxious; crude spills on sea and land are natural catastrophes; and refineries produce heavy pollutants. By contrast, the algae production process generates no toxins — it’s a lot like growing grass hydroponically. Oil created using OriginOil technology generates no heavy metals or sulfur when burned, and minimal output of greenhouse gases.
 
Can Be Produced Close to Point of Demand
 
Petroleum often travels tens of thousands of miles to reach its destination. This adds cost and gives suppliers a stranglehold on consumers. Using OriginOil technology, fuel can now be produced close to the site of usage and demand — virtually eliminating the transport cost of petroleum. In the future, portable OriginOil Systems may be transported to the point of demand and quickly start producing oil for electricity generation or fuel.
 
Does Not Compete with Food
 
The ethanol boom is already having a disastrous effect on food prices. Fast-rising prices of corn have caused havoc in global food supplies and the commodities markets. Using algae as a feedstock avoids creating shortages in food supplies or markets.
 
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Works with Existing Refineries
 
Unlike other solutions which bypass the existing refining infrastructure, OriginOil’s technology enables the production of fully compatible fuels. The petroleum industry has already announced plans to support the refining of biofuels. Of these, algae oil is most like petroleum in structure as it can be readily “cracked” into the lighter components of crude oil such as jet fuel, diesel, gasoline, solvents and plastics.
 
Works With Existing Gas Stations and Vehicles

Most solutions to the energy problem require massive new infrastructure: hybrids require new cars with toxic batteries; hydrogen cars need a new fuel network; and electric cars need their own recharging stations.  By contrast, fuel refined from OriginOil systems can be seamlessly integrated into the current petroleum distribution system.
 
A Complete Solution to Produce a New Oil
 
Companies implementing algae oil production systems will need to know that they can generate product consistently at a competitive price. OriginOil’s complete, validated industrial process will ensure that these companies can confidently plan and invest in renewable oil production for the long term.

OriginOil’s Industrial Process
 
OriginOil's industrial process, with its patent pending devices and methods, optimizes this environment to help algae cells grow at their natural maximum rate - achieving a doubling of the algae population in as little as a few hours. The process then goes on to control the harvesting and oil extraction cycles in a high-speed, round-the-clock, streamlined industrial production of algae oil.  Instead of waiting hundreds of millions years for algae to become oil, OriginOil's breakthrough technology and process can transform algae into oil in a matter of days.
 
Operating at the Quantum Level
 
OriginOil’s patent-pending technology, Quantum Fracturing, is based on the science of mass transfer and fluid fracturing and addresses some of  the challenges of industrializing algae oil production.  A quantum is the smallest quantity of some physical property that a system can possess. We use the term to illustrate how we fracture the nutrient delivery environment into very small parts, down to a micron, or a millionth of a meter. Using Quantum Fracturing, water, carbon dioxide and other nutrients are fractured at very high pressure to create a slurry of micron-sized nutrition-bubbles, which is then channeled to the algae culture awaiting it in a lower-pressure growth vessel, the Helix BioReactor™.  This process achieves total and instantaneous distribution of nutrients to the algae culture without fluid disruption or aeration. The pressure differentials between the two zones substantially increase contact and exchange between the micronized nutrients and the algae culture.
 
OriginOil’s system employs Quantum Fracturing in two major stages of algae production.  First, at the growth stage where CO2 and nutrients are fractured into a micro-bubble slurry and injected directly into the algae culture for complete contact and nutrient absorption.  Second, at the extraction stage, where water and special catalysts are fractured at high ultrasonic intensity, using very little energy, to crack the algae membrane to facilitate extracting its oil content.  Quantum Fracturing technology greatly enhances the efficiency of algae production and makes it cost-effective and viable.
 
The Ultimate Algae Growth Environment
 
The heart of the OriginOil system is the Helix BioReactor™, an advanced algae growth system that can grow multiple layers of algae biomass around-the-clock with daily harvests.  In a natural pond, the sun only illuminates one layer of algae growth, down to about half an inch below the surface. In contrast, the Helix BioReactor™ features a rotating vertical shaft with very low energy lights arranged in a helix or spiral pattern, which results in a theoretically unlimited number of growth layers. Additionally, each lighting element is engineered to produce specific light waves and frequencies for optimal algae growth.

The helix structure also serves as the bioreactor’s nutrient delivery system, through which the Quantum Fractured nutrients, including CO2, is evenly delivered to the entire algae culture, monitored and tuned for optimum growth.  This algae growth environment will allow the algae culture to replicate exponentially — doubling the entire colony in as little as a few hours — making for very efficient, low-cost, low-footprint industrial algae production.
 
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Enabling a Distributed Oil Model
 
To reach the production levels necessary to realistically replace petroleum as an energy source, an algae oil production system must be fully scalable.  The OriginOil System is designed to be both modular and scalable. While it can function as a stand-alone oil producing system, it can also be connected in a stacked or parallel network to produce  a large number of barrels per day.
 
OriginOil’s patent pending system design facilitates large scale algae production through the horizontal and vertical “stacking” of many Helix BioReactors™ into an integrated network of fully automated, portable, and remotely monitored growth units.
 
Further, by the use of such modular design, a large number of Helix BioReactors™ can be connected to a small number of extraction units to achieve both economies of scale and full industrialization of algae production.  Additionally, OriginOil systems can be transported and placed anywhere in the world to operate as fully integrated, round-the-clock oil-producing plants.  By enabling distributed oil production, we can help decentralize the oil and energy industry, empowering local energy production in villages, townships, communities, states and countries. Someday we will no longer need to import oil.

Speeding Up the Process Further
 
OriginOil's Helix BioReactor™ growth vessel adds the time-saving efficiency of combining the incubation vessel and larger tanks into one system. Once the algae matures in the Helix BioReactor™, 90% of the culture is transferred out for extraction, and the remaining 10% 'green' water is purified and returned to the growth tank. That remaining 10% is then allowed to re-expand into the Helix BioReactor™, creating a new batch, and the process is repeated.  With this system there is no need to re-incubate each batch: the remaining algae culture is already mature and is ready to re-enter the log phase after each harvest and replenishment of growth environment.

Making the Process Viable
 
To overcome the final hurdle, and to make the entire algae-to-oil process viable, OriginOil devised a method for energy efficient algae oil extraction and does not use hazardous chemical solvents.  Overcoming this final hurdle enables low-energy, environmentally-safe and viable, industrialized algae oil production. 

The process of breaking down algae cells to release oil, known as lysing, has long represented a challenge — and a final hurdle — for the algae-to-oil industry. Algae cell walls are difficult to break down. Mechanical methods are energy-intensive and often ineffective. Commonly used chemical solvents such as benzene, ether or hexane are toxic and require special handling. Such practices increase operating costs and make it harder to site algae production systems.

In OriginOil's extraction unit, the flowing algae biomass is first sent through a shielded wave guide system where it receives low-wattage, frequency-tuned microwave bursts, weakening the cell walls.  Then, Quantum Fracturing is then applied to these pre-cracked cells to complete the oil extraction. Quantum Fracturing, when used for extraction, creates an ultrasonic effect where the algae cell breaks down much in the same way that a high-frequency sound wave breaks glass.
 
A Modular Oil Producing System
 
The OriginOil System is designed to be modular. It can function as a standalone oil producing system, or can be connected in a parallel network to produce a large number of barrels per day output. OriginOil Systems can be placed anywhere to operate as round-the-clock oil-producing plants.

A new oil can be cleanly manufactured in an industrialized process using the OriginOil System.  By enabling distributed oil production we can help transform the oil and energy industry from a centralized to a distributed model. The ability to generate clean, carbon-neutral energy anywhere can empower industrialization in villages, townships, communities, states and countries. There will be no need to import oil.
 
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Intellectual Property
 
Since our business is based on licensing of our technology and not manufacturing oil, it is critical to the Company that it achieves one or more patents. We have filed the following patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office:
 
 
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On July 28, 2007, to protect the intellectual property rights for “Algae Growth System for Oil Production”. The inventors listed on the patent application are Nicholas Eckelberry and T. Riggs Eckelberry, the Company’s founders. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.
 
 
2.
On May 23, 2008, to protect the intellectual property rights for “Apparatus And Method For Optimizing Photosynthetic Growth In a Photo Bioreactor”. The inventors listed on the patent application are Steven Shigematsu and Nicholas Eckelberry. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.
 
 
3.
On May 30, 2008, to protect the intellectual property rights for “Modular Portable Photobioreactor System”. The inventors listed on the patent application are Steven Shigematsu and Nicholas Eckelberry. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.

 
4.
On June 16, 2008, a provisional filing to protect the intellectual property rights for “In-Line Lysing And Extraction System For Microorganisms”. The inventors listed on the patent application are Steven Shigematsu and Nicholas Eckelberry. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.
 
 
5.
On July 16, 2008, a provisional filing to protect the intellectual property rights for “Renewable Carbon Sequestering Method Of Producing Pollution Free Electricity”. The inventor listed on the patent application is Steven Shigematsu. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.
 
 
6.
On January 6, 2009, a provisional filing to protect the intellectual property rights for “Apparatus And Method For Optimizing Photosynthetic Growth In A Photobioreactor”. The inventor listed on the patent application is Nicholas Eckelberry. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.
 
 
7.
On April 17, 2009, a provisional filing to protect the intellectual property rights for “Device and Method for Separation, Cell Lysing and Flocculation of Algae From Water”. The inventor listed on the patent application is Nicholas Eckelberry. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.
 
 
8.
On July 13, 2009, a provisional filing to protect the intellectual property rights for “Algae Growth Lighting and Control System”. The inventors listed on the patent application are Scott Fraser, Vikram Pattarkine, Ralph Anderson and Nicholas Eckelberry. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.
 
 
9.
On July 26, 2009, a provisional filing to protect the intellectual property rights for “Procedure For Extraction Of Lipids From Algae Without Cell Sacrifice”. The inventors listed on the patent application are Paul Reep and Scott Fraser. The Company is listed as the assignee. We have not received any correspondence from the USPTO, with respect to this patent application.

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Critical Accounting Policies

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) defines “critical accounting policies” as those that require application of management's most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Not all of the accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments or estimates. However, the following policies could be deemed to be critical within the SEC definition. 

Revenue Recognition

The Company will recognize revenue when services are performed, and at the time of shipment of products, provided that evidence of an arrangement exists, title and risk of loss have passed to the customer, fees are fixed or determinable, and collection of the related receivable is reasonably assured. To date, the Company has had no revenues and is in the development stage.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the accompanying financial statements. Significant estimates made in preparing these financial statements include the estimate of useful lives of property and equipment, the deferred tax valuation allowance, and the fair value of stock options. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, requires disclosure of the fair value information, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, where it is practicable to estimate that value. As of December 31, 2007, the amounts reported for cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued interest and other expenses, and notes payable approximate the fair value because of their short maturities.
 
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly.” This FSP provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased. This FSP also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. This FSP emphasizes that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability and regardless of the valuation technique(s) used, the objective of a fair value measurement remains the same. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction (that is, not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. FSP FAS 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and is applied prospectively. We do not believe that the implementation of this standard will have a material impact on our financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”. This FSP amends FASB Statement No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods of publicly traded companies as well as in annual financial statements. This FSP also amends APB Opinion No. 28, Interim Financial Reporting, to require those disclosures in summarized financial information at interim reporting periods. FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. We do not believe that the implementation of this standard will have a material impact on our financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments”. This FSP amends the other-than-temporary impairment guidance for debt securities to make the guidance more operational and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments in the financial statements. The most significant change the FSP brings is a revision to the amount of other-than-temporary loss of a debt security recorded in earnings. FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. We do not believe that the implementation of this standard will have a material impact on our financial statements.

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In November of 2008, the SEC released a proposed roadmap regarding the potential use by U.S. issuers of financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). IFRS is a comprehensive series of accounting standards published by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). Under the proposed roadmap, the Company may be required in fiscal 2015 to prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRS. However, the SEC will make a determination in 2011 regarding the mandatory adoption of IFRS. We are currently assessing the impact that this potential change would have on our consolidated financial statements, and we will continue to monitor the development of the potential implementation of IFRS.
 
In March 2009, FASB unanimously voted for the FASB “Accounting Standards Codification” (the “Codification”) to be effective beginning on July 1, 2009. Other than resolving certain minor inconsistencies in current United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), the Codification is not supposed to change GAAP, but is intended to make it easier to find and research GAAP applicable to particular transactions or specific accounting issues. The Codification is a new structure which takes accounting pronouncements and organizes them by approximately ninety accounting topics. Once approved, the Codification will be the single source of authoritative U.S. GAAP. All guidance included in the Codification will be considered authoritative at that time, even guidance that comes from what is currently deemed to be a non-authoritative section of a standard. Once the Codification becomes effective, all non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification will become non-authoritative.

Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”), and the SEC did not or are not believed by us to have a material impact on our present or future financial statements.

The Company has adopted all recently issued accounting pronouncements. The adoption of the accounting pronouncements, including those not yet effective, is not anticipated to have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

Results of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2008.

Revenues

Currently the Company is in its development stage and has no revenues.

Operating Expenses

Selling and Marketing Expenses

Selling and marketing Expenses (“S&M”) expenses increased by $143,634 or 253% to $200,365 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the prior period. S&M increased by $253,420 or 447% to $310,151 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the prior period. The S&M expenses increased due to an increase in marketing exposure.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses increased by $297,325 or 173% to $469,591 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the prior period. G&A expenses increased $546,404 or 161% to $885,800 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the prior period. The G&A expenses consist primarily of salaries, professional fees and renting of a new space.

Research and Development Cost

Research and development (“R&D”) cost increased by $17,334 or 24% to $90,695 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the prior period. R&D cost increased by $110,128 or 99% to $221,912 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared to the prior period. R&D costs consist primarily of testing and research of product development.
 
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Net Loss

Our net loss increased by $(478,110) or 161% to $(774,531) for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the prior period. Net loss increased by $(953,805) or 194% to $(1,445,044) for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the prior period. This increase is due to continuing operations of the company, technology development, and market exposure. Currently the Company is in its development stage and had no revenues.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2009, we had $350,202 of working capital as compared to $731,180 for the prior period. This decrease of  $380,978 in working capital was due primarily to ongoing costs of developing the company and preparing its technologies for market.

Net cash used in operating activities was $1,440,092 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $521,849 for the prior period. The Company is in the development stage and has generated no revenues.
 
Net cash used in investing activities was $10,493 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to $6,778 for the prior period. The increase of cash used by investing activities was due primarily to the purchase of small equipment, and patent expense.

Net cash flows provided from financing activities was $1,251,350 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared to $0 for the prior period. There was an increase in cash provided from financing activities due to equity financing.

We require substantial working capital to fund our business. We cannot predict whether additional financing will be available to us on favorable terms when required, or at all. Since our inception, we have experienced negative cash flow from operations and expect to experience significant negative cash flow from operations in the future. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company issued 4,521,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.20 per share for cash of $904,200; also, the Company received  $1,151,350 in common stock subscriptions to purchase 5,756,750 shares of common stock through a private placement.
 
In August 2007, we completed a private placement for up to 28,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company for an aggregate sum of $0.4 million.  In November 2007, we completed a private placement for 14,180,050 shares of common stock for an aggregate sum of $1.4 million.  In November 2008, we completed a private placement for 4,771,000 shares of common stock of the Company for an aggregate sum of $1.0 million

All of the above offerings and sales were deemed to be exempt under rule 506 of Regulation D and Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. No advertising or general solicitation was employed in offering the securities. The offerings and sales were made to a limited number of persons, all of whom were accredited investors, our business associates or our executive officers, and transfer was restricted by us in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. In addition to representations by the above-referenced persons, we have made independent determinations that all of the above-referenced persons were accredited or sophisticated investors, and that they were capable of analyzing the merits and risks of their investment, and that they understood the speculative nature of their investment. Furthermore, all of the above-referenced persons were provided with access to our Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Except as expressly set forth above, the individuals and entities to which we issued securities as indicated in this section of the registration statement are unaffiliated with us.  We plan on raising additional capital through the sale of additional common stock.  Our common stock is quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “OOIL”.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off balance sheet arrangements that are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, revenues, and results of operations, liquidity or capital expenditures.

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

N/A.

Item 4T.   Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were effective such that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. A controls system cannot provide absolute assurance, however, that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. During the most recent quarter ended March 31, 2009, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) ) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II

Item 1.   Legal Proceedings.
 
We are not a party to any pending legal proceeding, nor is our property the subject of a pending legal proceeding, that is not in the ordinary course of business or otherwise material to the financial condition of our business. None of our directors, officers or affiliates is involved in a proceeding adverse to our business or has a material interest adverse to our business.
 
Item 1A.Risk Factors.  

Not Applicable.

Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

During the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company issued 4,521,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.20 per share for cash of $904,200; also, the Company received  $1,151,350 in common stock subscriptions to purchase 5,756,750 shares of common stock through a private placement.
 
Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Not applicable.
 
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

Item 5.   Other Information.

Not applicable.
  
Item 6.   Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
 
Title of Document
 
Location
3.1
 
Articles of Incorporation
 
(1)
         
3.3
 
By-laws
 
(2)
         
31.1
 
Certification by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act.
 
Attached
         
32.1
 
Certification by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Exchange Act and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
 
Attached

(1)
Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2008

(2)
Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2007.

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
ORIGINOIL, INC.
   
By:  
/s/ T Riggs Eckelberry
 

T Riggs Eckelberry
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
and Acting Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
 
August 11, 2009
 
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