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The amount of consideration received upon any settlement or judgment is allocated to each element of the settlement based on the fair value of each element. Elements related to licensing agreements and royalty revenues, is recognized as revenue in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Elements that are not related to license agreements and royalty revenue in nature will be reflected as a separate line item within the Other Income section of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Elements provided in either settlement agreements or judgments include the value of a license, legal release, and interest. When settlements or judgments are achieved at discounts to the fair value of a license, PTG allocates the full settlement or judgment, excluding specifically named elements as mentioned above, to the value of the license agreement or royalty revenue under the residual method relative to full license fair value prior to the discount. Legal release as part of a settlement agreement is recognized as a separate line item in the Consolidated Statements of Operations when value can be allocated to the legal release. When PTG reaches a settlement with a defendant, no value is allocated to the legal release since the existence of a settlement removes legal standing to bring a claim of infringement, and without a legal claim, the legal release has no economic value. The element that is applicable to interest income will be recorded as a separate line item in Other Income of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.


There have been four new ASUs issued amending certain aspects of ASU 2014-09, ASU 2016-08, “Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross Versus Net),” was issued in March, 2016 to clarify certain aspects of the principal versus agent guidance in ASU 2014-09. In addition, ASU 2016-10, “Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing,” issued in April 2016, amends other sections of ASU 2014-09 including clarifying guidance related to identifying performance obligations and licensing implementation. ASU 2016-12, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers — Narrow Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients” provides amendments and practical expedients to the guidance in ASU 2014-09 in the areas of assessing collectability, presentation of sales taxes received from customers, noncash consideration, contract modification and clarification of using the full retrospective approach to adopt ASU 2014-09. Finally, ASU 2016-20, “Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” was issued in December 2016, and provides elections regarding the disclosures required for remaining performance obligations in certain cases and also makes other technical corrections and improvements to the standard. With its evaluation of the impact of ASU 2014-09, the Company will also consider the impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements related to the updated guidance provided by these four new ASUs.


In July 2017, FASB issued ASU No. 2017-11, Earnings per Share (Topic 260), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). ASU 2017-11 consists of two parts. The amendments in Part I of this Update change the classification analysis of certain equity-linked financial instruments (or embedded features) with down round features. When determining whether certain financial instruments should be classified as liabilities or equity instruments, a down round feature no longer precludes equity classification when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to an entity’s own stock. The amendments also clarify existing disclosure requirements for equity-classified instruments. As a result, a freestanding equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded conversion option) no longer would be accounted for as a derivative liability at fair value as a result of the existence of a down round feature. For freestanding equity classified financial instruments, the amendments require entities that present earnings per share (EPS) in accordance with Topic 260 to recognize the effect of the down round feature when it is triggered. That effect is treated as a dividend and as a reduction of income available to common shareholders in basic EPS. Convertible instruments with embedded conversion options that have down round features are now subject to the specialized guidance for contingent beneficial conversion features (in Subtopic 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options), including related EPS guidance (in Topic 260). The amendments in Part II of this Update re-characterize the indefinite deferral of certain provisions of Topic 480 that now are presented as pending content in the Codification, to a scope exception. Those amendments do not have an accounting effect. For public business entities, the amendments in Part I of this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. For all other entities, the amendments in Part I of this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted for all entities, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. The amendments in Part II of this Update do not require any transition guidance because those amendments do not have an accounting effect. The Company is in the process of evaluating this ASU and adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position and results of operations.


On October 19, 2017, PTG entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (“Agreement) with Amorphous Technologies International, Inc. (“ATI”) pursuant to which PTG will acquire from ATI certain intellectual property assets related to innovative uses for amorphous metals and PTG will issue to ATI shares of newly designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Asset Purchase Transaction”). The Asset Purchase Transaction will close on or about the second Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions. Following the closing of the Asset Purchase Transaction, PTG will commercialize the acquired intellectual property assets to create new amorphous metal technology offerings for the consumer electronics, automotive and other business sectors. A complete description of the transaction and a copy of the Asset Purchase Agreement is available in the Current Report on Form 8-K issued on October 20, 2017.


On October 19, 2017 we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Amorphous Technologies International, Inc. On closing, we will acquire certain patents, patent applications, licenses and other technology assets in exchange for shares of preferred stock. The preferred stock shares are convertible into 56,750,000 shares of Common Stock on the earlier to occur of i) the listing of the Corporation’s common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market; ii) June 30, 2018; or iii) upon final resolution of the litigation titled Prism Technologies, LLC v. Sprint Spectrum LLC, d/b/a/ Sprint PCS. The closing of the transaction is subject to several conditions. Following the close of the transaction, we will commercialize the acquired assets by licensing amorphous metal casting solutions in the consumer electronics, automotive, luxury and other business sectors.

The success of the transaction depends on our ability to commercialize the acquired intellectual property assets. Although the underlying technology has been commercialized in other forms, our use would be innovative and there is no assurance that a significant market exists for our proposed use. Moreover, as a new technology solution, we expect that we will need to devote considerable time and money to the sales and marketing functions. In addition, we expect to face competition from firms whose technology solutions may offer benefits similar to our solutions at a lower cost. If we are unable to enter into significant commercial opportunities for the acquired assets, or if the development of this new business takes longer than we anticipate, we may not be able to generate sufficient revenues to continue to operate or grow.