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5. AGREEMENTS WITH SUMITOMO PRECISION PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
5. AGREEMENTS WITH SUMITOMO PRECISION PRODUCTS CO., LTD.

In May 2012, the Company entered into a Joint Research and Product Development Agreement (the “Joint Development Agreement”) with Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd., a publicly-traded Japanese corporation, for the commercialization of our ChromaID technology. In March 2013, the Company entered into an amendment to this agreement, which extended the Joint Development Agreement from March 31, 2013 to December 31, 2013. The extension provided for continuing work between Sumitomo and Visualant focused on advancing the ChromaID technology and market research aimed at identifying the most significant markets for the ChromaID technology. This agreement expired December 31, 2013. This collaborative work supported the development of the ChromaID Lab Kit. The current version of the technology was introduced to the marketplace as a part of our ChromaID Lab Kit during the fourth quarter of 2013.

 

The Company also entered into a License Agreement with Sumitomo in May 2012 which provides for an exclusive license for the then-extant ChromaID technology. The territories covered by this license include Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and the entirety of Southeast Asia (Burma, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines). On May 21, 2015, the Company entered into an amendment to the License Agreement, which, effective as of June 18, 2014, which eliminated the Sumitomo exclusivity and provides that if the Company sells products in certain territories – Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and the entirety of Southeast Asia (Burma, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines) – the Company will pay Sumitomo a royalty rate of 2% of net sales (excluding non-recurring engineering revenues) over the remaining term of the five-year License Agreement (through May 2017).