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15. Contractual Obligations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Notes to Financial Statements  
15. Contractual Obligations

The Company has certain contractual commitments for future periods, including office leases, minimum guaranteed compensation payments and other agreements as described in the following table and associated footnotes:

 

       Research and         
Year ending  Office   License   Compensation   Total 
December 31,  Lease (1)   Agreements (2)   Agreements (3)   Obligations 
2014  $69,960   $316,796   $656,250   $1,043,006 
2015   69,960    252,148    84,167    406,275 
2016   69,960    187,500    60,000    317,460 
2017   69,960    187,500    15,429    272,889 
2018   40,810    187,500        228,310 
Total  $320,650   $1,131,444   $815,846   $2,267,940 

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(1)Consists of rent for the Company’s Santa Barbara Facility expiring on July 31, 2018. (For description of this property, see Part 1, Item 2, “Properties”). Subsequent to the reporting period of this Form 10-K filing, effective as of February 1, 2014, the Company amended this lease, reducing rents to $5,860 per month.
(2)Consists of license maintenance fees to Temple University in the amount of $187,500 paid annually through the life of the underlying patents or until otherwise terminated by either party, and research fees paid to Temple University in the amount of $32,324 paid quarterly through June 1, 2015.
(3)Consists of base salary and certain contractually-provided benefits, to an executive officer, pursuant to an employment agreement that expires on January 30, 2015 in the amount of $314,167 and two severance agreements of former officers in the amount of $501,679.