Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Intangible Assets [Abstract]  
INTANGIBLE ASSETS

NOTE 6 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

The components of intangible assets, all of which are finite lived, were as follows:

 

    December 31, 2024     December 31, 2023      
    Gross
Carrying
Amount
    Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Carrying
Amount
    Gross
Carrying
Amount
    Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Carrying
Amount
    Useful
Life
                                         
Patents   $ 165,106     $ (58,808 )     106,298     $ 117,810     $ (43,153 )   $ 74,657     10
Patents in process     103,813      
-
      103,813       142,239      
-
      142,239    
N/A
Licenses     241,909       (114,048 )     127,861       241,909       (89,859 )     152,050     10
Software     271,852       (208,699 )     63,153       211,411       (167,412 )     43,999     3
Trademarks     3,230,000       (1,099,226 )     2,130,774       3,230,000       (776,235 )     2,453,765     10
FAA waiver     5,930,000       (2,018,084 )     3,911,916       5,930,000       (1,425,101 )     4,504,899     10
Developed technology     27,977,331       (8,564,502 )     19,412,829       27,977,331       (5,632,170 )     22,345,161     3 - 10
Non-compete agreements     840,000       (840,000 )    
-
      840,000       (840,000 )    
-
    1
Marketing-related assets     890,000       (171,540 )     718,460       890,000       (82,540 )     807,460     10
Customer relationships     1,010,000       (407,047 )     602,953       1,010,000       (205,048 )     804,952     5
    $ 40,660,011     $ (13,481,954 )     27,178,057     $ 40,590,700     $ (9,261,518 )   $ 31,329,182      

 

Amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $4,220,436 and $4,147,092, respectively.

We recognized losses on intellectual property of $27,670 and $12,223 due to expiration of patent applications for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

  

On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into the asset purchase agreement with Field of View LLC, a North Dakota limited liability company. The total purchase consideration consisted of $250,000 of cash payable in monthly installments over twelve months, and $75,520 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing 16,000 shares (“FOV Consideration Shares”). The asset purchase agreement restricts the holder from transferring the FOV Consideration Shares for 180 days from the closing date, subject to certain exceptions. The Company acquired computer and research and development equipment amounting to $18,506 and intangibles for developed technology for $307,014. As of December 31, 2023, the cash was paid and equity was issued in full.

  

On October 19, 2022, Airobotics entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, as amended, to acquire all of the intellectual property, technical systems, and operations of Iron Drone Ltd. (“Iron Drone”), an Israeli-based company specializing in the development of autonomous counter-drone systems (the “Iron Drone Transaction”). The consideration for the Iron Drone Transaction was (i) $135,000 in cash, (ii) 46,129 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, (iii) warrants exercisable for 26,553 shares of the Company’s Common Stock with an exercise price of $11.95, which shall be exercisable if, during the 48 month period following the closing, the average price per share of the Company’s Common Stock exceeds $52.38 for a period of at least 90 consecutive trading days, (iv) a right to acquire 35,377 shares of the Company’s Common Stock if during the 48 month period after the closing, the average price per share of the Company’s Common Stock exceeds $18.25 for a period of at least 90 consecutive trading days, and (v) a right to acquire 70,753 shares of the Company’s Common Stock if during the 48 month period after the closing, the average price per share of Company’s Common Stock exceeds $20.27 for a period of at least 90 consecutive trading days. On March 6, 2023, the Company completed the Iron Drone Transaction. The Company acquired intangibles for developed technology for $576,717. As of December 31, 2023, the cash was paid and equity was issued in full.

 

Expected amortization expense for the next five years for the intangible costs currently being amortized is as follows:

 

Year Ending December 31,   Expected
Amortization
 
2025   $ 4,174,292  
2026     4,090,564  
2027     4,075,443  
2028     3,792,280  
2029     3,756,854  
Thereafter     7,288,624  
Total   $ 27,178,057