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ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED REVENUE |
NOTE 7 —ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED REVENUE
Accrued liabilities are comprised of the following (in thousands):
Changes in the initial product warranty accrual, and the expenses incurred under our initial
and extended warranties, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were as
follows (in thousands):
Deferred revenue is comprised of the following (in thousands):
In June 2006, the Company received a one-time payment from The Procter & Gamble Company
(“P&G”) totaling $3.0 million for a license to certain patents pursuant to a binding letter
agreement, subsequently replaced by a definitive agreement effective January 24, 2007 (the “2006
P&G Agreement”). Pursuant to the 2006 P&G Agreement, the entire amount was recorded as deferred
revenue when received and $1.5 million was recognized in license fees and royalty revenue for each
of the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007. Additionally, beginning with a payment for the
third quarter of 2006, P&G was required to make $250,000 quarterly payments until the first product
under the agreement was shipped by P&G for large-scale commercial distribution in the United
States. Seventy-five percent of each $250,000 payment received was treated as prepaid royalties
and was credited against royalty payments and the remainder was credited to revenue. No payments
were received from P&G subsequent to December 31, 2008. The Company recognized revenue related to
these payments of $0 and $250,000 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
On May 20, 2010, the Company and P&G entered into a license agreement (the “2010 P&G
Agreement”), effective January 1, 2009 which superseded the prior 2006 P&G Agreement. Pursuant to
the 2010 P&G Agreement, the Company agreed to continue granting P&G an exclusive license to certain
of the Company’s patents to enable P&G to develop products
aimed at the consumer market and P&G will pay royalties based on sales of products developed
with such intellectual property.
Pursuant to the 2010 P&G Agreement, the prepaid royalty payments previously paid by P&G have
been applied to the new exclusive license period which was effective as of January 1, 2009, and
continued through December 31, 2010. Previously recorded deferred revenue of $1.5 million, which
was accounted for pursuant to the 2006 P&G Agreement, was recognized concurrent with the related
exclusivity period. The Company recognized $1.5 million of revenue for the year ended December 31,
2010. As of December 31, 2010, $375,000 remained in long term deferred revenue to be applied
against future earned royalties. On June 28, 2011, the Company entered into an amendment to the
2010 P&G Agreement which extended the effective period for the 2010 P&G Agreement from January 1,
2009 through June 30, 2011. The extension of the effective period allowed the Company to recognize
the previously deferred $375,000 of revenue as royalty revenue during the quarter ended June 30,
2011.
The 2010 P&G Agreement, as amended, also provides that effective July 1, 2011, P&G’s exclusive
license to our patents will convert to a non-exclusive license unless P&G pays the Company a
$187,500 license payment by the end of the third quarter of 2011, and at the end of each quarter
thereafter, during the term of the 2010 P&G Agreement. P&G did not make any payments to the
Company in the quarter ended September 30, 2011. The Company is currently engaged in discussions
with P&G concerning the sufficiency of P&G’s efforts to commercialize a consumer product utilizing
our patents and is working with P&G to develop a framework for the parties’ commercialization
efforts.
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