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Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
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. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
Facility Lease
 
On
January 3, 2018,
the Company entered into a lease for
54,766
square feet to replace the expired lease of the prior San Diego facility as the Company’s executive offices, research and development, assembly and operational facilities. The lease commenced
July 
1,
2018
and will expire
August 
30,
2028.
The aggregate monthly payments, with abatements, average
$36,146
per month for the
first
fourteen
months, and are
$74,460,
$76,694,
$78,994,
$81,364,
$83,805,
$86,319,
$88,909,
$91,576
and
$94,324
per month for the
second
through
tenth
years of the lease, plus certain other costs and charges as specified in the lease agreement, including the Company’s proportionate share of the building operating expenses and real estate taxes. The lease provided an allowance for tenant improvements of
$1,588,214,
which was classified as deferred rent on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and will be amortized as an offset to rent expense with a corresponding charge to depreciation expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.
 
Litigation
 
The Company
may
at times be involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business. The Company will, from time to time, when appropriate in management’s estimation, record adequate reserves in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for pending litigation. Currently, there are
no
pending material legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or to which any of its property is subject.
 
Bonus Plan
 
The Company has a bonus plan for employees, in accordance with their terms of employment, whereby they can earn a percentage of their salary, at
three
different levels, based on meeting targeted objectives for orders received, revenue, operating income and operating cash flow. In the
three
months ended
December 31, 2018,
the Company exceeded the minimum targeted level of orders received and revenues and has recorded
$392,930
of expense. In the
three
months ended
December 31, 2017,
the company exceeded the minimum targeted level of orders received and revenues and recorded
$405,267
of expense.