This is what I found on the 10-k page 11, hopefully this can answer some of the questions you have :
The Company’s founders, Dr. Hootan Melamed and Mr. Edward W. Withrow III (“Founders”), retained Cislo & Thomas, LLC (“Cislo”), a Santa Monica, California based legal firm specializing in intellectual property, to work with the Company in all areas of its intellectual property. The chronological history of the Company’s pending patent applications is as follows:
a. On September 22, 2005, the Founders retained Cislo to file a US Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/719,756.
b. On March 29, 2006, The Founders retained Cislo to conduct a search of Prior Art as it pertained to the Company’s U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/719,756. A copy of the Prior Art Search Letter is included as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 13, 2013.
c. On September 19, 2006, The Founders and the Company entered into a Patent Assignment, whereby the US Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/719,756 was assigned exclusively to the Company. The Assignment was subsequently filed with the USPTO, and is included as Exhibit 10 . 8 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 13, 2013.
d. On September 22, 2006, the Company filed US Patent Application Ser. No. 11/523,975. The USPTO Published US 2007/0066603 A1 Patent Application on the date of March 22, 2007. A copy of the Abstract of US Patent Application 11/523,975 and the Published US 2007/0066603 A1 is included as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 13, 2013.
e. From the date of March 23, 2007 to September 24, 2012 the Company has maintained its responses to Actions by the USPTO as they pertain to US Patent Application Ser. No. 11/523,975.
f. On September 14, 2012, the Company entered into a Retainer Agreement with Cislo to represent the Company on its current intellectual property matters, including the Patent Application referenced in item d. A copy of the Retainer Agreement is included as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 13, 2013.
g. On March 24, 2012, the Company received an Action by the USPTO. The Company’s Response was prepared by Cislo and filed on September 25, 2012, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 13, 2013.
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