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2. ORGANIZATION
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
2. ORGANIZATION

Visualant, Incorporated (the “Company,” “Visualant, Inc.” or “Visualant”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada in 1998. The Company has authorized 105,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 100,000,000 are shares of voting common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 5,000,000 are shares preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. 

 

Since 2007, the Company has been focused primarily on the development of a proprietary technology, which is capable of uniquely identifying and authenticating almost any substance using electromagnetic energy to detect the unique digital “signature” of the substance. The Company calls this its technology “ChromaID™” and “Bio-RFID.” .

 

In 2010, the Company acquired TransTech Systems, Inc. as an adjunct to its business. TransTech is a distributor of products for employee and personnel identification. TransTech currently provides substantially all of the Company’s revenues.

 

The Company is in the process of commercializing its ChromaID™ and Bio-RFID™ technology. To date, the Company has entered into License Agreements with Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. and Intellicheck, Inc. In addition, it has a technology license agreement with Allied Inventors, formerly Xinova and Invention Development Management Company, a subsidiary of Intellectual Ventures.

 

The Company believes that its commercialization success is dependent upon its ability to significantly increase the number of customers that are purchasing and using its products. To date the Company has generated minimal revenue from sales of its ChromaID and Bio-RFID products. The Company is currently not profitable. Even if the Company succeeds in introducing the ChromaID and Bio-RFID technology and related products to its target markets, the Company may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability.

 

ChromaID was invented by scientists from the University of Washington under contract with Visualant. Bio-RFID was invented by individuals working for the Company. The Company actively pursues a robust intellectual property strategy and has been granted twelve patents. The Company also has 20 patents pending. The Company possesses all right, title and interest to the issued patents. Ten of the pending patents are licensed exclusively to the Company in perpetuity by the Company’s strategic partner, Allied Inventors.