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Acquisition of Patents and Intangibles |
Note 8 – Acquisition of patents and intangibles As discussed in Note 9 below, the Company consummated an asset purchase on October 16, 2012, and paid $3,500,000 for certain assets, including intellectual property, certain related licenses and sublicenses, FDA filings and various forms of the PRO 140 drug substance. The Company followed the guidance in ASC 805 “Business Combinations” to determine if the Company acquired a business. Based on the prescribed accounting, the Company acquired assets and not a business. As of May 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company has recorded and is amortizing $3,500,000 of intangible assets related to the patent rights acquired. The Company estimates the acquired patent has an estimated life of ten years. Subsequent to the acquisition date, the Company has continued to expand, amend and file new patents central to its current clinical trial strategies, which, in turn, have extended the protection period for certain methods of using PRO 140 and formulations comprising PRO 140 out through at least 2031 and 2038, respectively, in various countries. On November 16, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of ProstaGene, LLC (“ProstaGene”), a biotechnology start-up company, which included patents related to clinical research, a proprietary CCR5 technology for early cancer diagnosis, and a noncompetition agreement with ProstaGene’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Pestell. The Company accounted for the ProstaGene acquisition as an asset acquisition under ASC 805-10-55 805-10-55-5A A summary of the net purchase price and allocation to the acquired assets is as follows:
Assets acquired from ProstaGene include (1) patents issued in the United States and Australia related to “Prostate Cancer Cell Lines, Gene Signatures and Uses Thereof” and “Use of Modulators of CCR5 in the Treatment of Cancer and Cancer Metastasis,” (2) an algorithm used to identify a 14-gene signature to predict the likelihood and severity of cancer diagnoses, and (3) a noncompetition agreement in connection with an employment agreement with Dr. Pestell as Chief Medical Officer of the Company. The fair value of the assets acquired approximates the consideration paid. The Company did not assume any liabilities. The fair value of the technology acquired is identified using the Income Approach. The fair value of the patents acquired is identified using the Cost to Reproduce Method. The fair value of noncompetition agreement acquired is identified using the Residual Value Method. Goodwill is not recorded as the transaction represents an asset acquisition in accordance with ASU 2017-01. Acquisition costs for asset acquisitions are capitalized and included in the total cost of the transaction. In addition, pursuant to ASC 805, the net tax effect of the deferred tax liability arising from the book to tax basis differences is recorded as a cost of the acquisition As of May 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company has recorded and is amortizing $4,600,000 of intangible assets in the form of patents attributable to the PRO 140 acquisition and the ProstaGene transaction. The Company estimates the acquired patents have an estimated life of ten years. Subsequent to the acquisition dates, the Company has continued to expand, amend and file new patents central to its current clinical trial strategies, which, in turn, have extended the protection period for certain methods of using PRO 140 and formulations comprising PRO 140 out through at least 2031 and 2038, respectively, in various countries. The following presents intangible assets activity, inclusive of patents:
Amortization expense related to all intangible assets was approximately $2,020,000 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2020, approximately $1,237,000 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2019 and approximately $350,000 for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2018. The estimated aggregate future amortization expense related to the Company’s intangible assets with finite lives is estimated to be approximately $2.0 million for the next year, approximately $1.7 million the following year, approximately $1.2 million for the next year, and $1.0 million per year for the following 2 years. |