Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Commitment and Contingencies:
Commitments and Contingencies	10. Commitments and Contingencies On September 29, 2011, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Newton Investments BV. Pursuant to the License Agreement, Newton acquired, for a period of 10 years, the exclusive manufacturing and distribution rights for the Systems in the 27 countries which are currently members of the European Union, subject to Newton’s achieving minimum sales of at least 100 Systems per year beginning in the second year of the License Agreement, payment of a royalty equal to 20% of the gross sales price of each System sold, and other terms and conditions set forth in the License Agreement. Due to technical problems with the Company’s Systems, the Company deferred commencement of the minimum sales requirement until the problems were resolved. Newton terminated the License Agreement in August 2014. On October 25, 2012, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Hank Leibowitz, the principal of Waste Heat Solutions, LLC. Pursuant to this consulting agreement, which is terminable by either party on 30 days’ notice, the Company paid Waste Heat Solutions, $5,000 per month through February 2013 and has paid $7,500 per month thereafter. In connection with this consulting agreement, the Company issued to Waste Heat Solutions (i) a fully vested 10-year option to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at $.56 per share and (ii) a 10-year option, vesting six months from the contract date, i.e., on April 25, 2013, to purchase an additional 500,000 shares at $.56 per share. The fair value of the fully vested option was approximately $182,000 and was recorded as general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations during 2012. The fair value of the option vesting six months from the contract date was approximately $182,000 of which approximately $61,000 was recorded as research and development expense in the consolidated statement of operations during 2012. Approximately $91,000 was recorded during the first quarter of 2013 and the remaining $30,000 was recognized in the second quarter of 2013. All amounts were recorded in research and development expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. This consulting agreement contains standard confidentiality provisions, as well as standard non-competition and non-soliciting provisions which survive for two years following termination of the consultancy. On November 2, 2012, Keith Johnson, the Company’s former Chief Technical Officer, filed suit against the Company’s operating subsidiary PowerVerde Systems, Inc., in Maricopa County, Arizona, Superior Court. The suit included claims for breach of his employment agreement, for back pay and related claims. Mr. Johnson, whose salary was $12,500 per month, sought back pay of $37,500, reimbursement of expenses totaling approximately $5,012 and other unspecified damages. The Company believes that Mr. Johnson voluntarily terminated his employment in accordance with the agreement and that he has been paid in full. In an abundance of caution, the Company also gave Mr. Johnson 30 days’ notice of termination without cause pursuant to the employment agreement, with this notice to be effective only if the Court determines that his employment was not previously terminated by him. Mr. Johnson ceased working for the Company in early September 2012. Based on the foregoing, the Company believed that it had substantial defenses to Mr. Johnson’s claims, which were denied in the Company’s answer. In May 2014, the case was settled pursuant to the Company’s agreement to pay Mr. Johnson $30,088, with $5,088 due upon execution of the settlement agreement plus an additional $25,000 payable in installments of $12,500 each in July and August 2014. The installments due in July and August are included in the Payable to Related Parties on the condensed consolidated financial statements. As of the date of this filing, all of the settlement payments have been made, and this case is concluded.

Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

10. Commitments and Contingencies

On September 29, 2011, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Newton Investments BV. Pursuant to the License Agreement, Newton acquired, for a period of 10 years, the exclusive manufacturing and distribution rights for the Systems in the 27 countries which are currently members of the European Union, subject to Newton’s achieving minimum sales of at least 100 Systems per year beginning in the second year of the License Agreement, payment of a royalty equal to 20% of the gross sales price of each System sold, and other terms and conditions set forth in the License Agreement. Due to technical problems with the Company’s Systems, the Company deferred commencement of the minimum sales requirement until the problems were resolved. Newton terminated the License Agreement in August 2014.

On October 25, 2012, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Hank Leibowitz, the principal of Waste Heat Solutions, LLC. Pursuant to this consulting agreement, which is terminable by either party on 30 days’ notice, the Company paid Waste Heat Solutions, $5,000 per month through February 2013 and has paid $7,500 per month thereafter. In connection with this consulting agreement, the Company issued to Waste Heat Solutions (i) a fully vested 10-year option to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at $.56 per share and (ii) a 10-year option, vesting six months from the contract date, i.e., on April 25, 2013, to purchase an additional 500,000 shares at $.56 per share. The fair value of the fully vested option was approximately $182,000 and was recorded as general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations during 2012. The fair value of the option vesting six months from the contract date was approximately $182,000 of which approximately $61,000 was recorded as research and development expense in the consolidated statement of operations during 2012. Approximately $91,000 was recorded during the first quarter of 2013 and the remaining $30,000 was recognized in the second quarter of 2013. All amounts were recorded in research and development expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

This consulting agreement contains standard confidentiality provisions, as well as standard non-competition and non-soliciting provisions which survive for two years following termination of the consultancy.

On November 2, 2012, Keith Johnson, the Company’s former Chief Technical Officer, filed suit against the Company’s operating subsidiary PowerVerde Systems, Inc., in Maricopa County, Arizona, Superior Court. The suit included claims for breach of his employment agreement, for back pay and related claims. Mr. Johnson, whose salary was $12,500 per month, sought back pay of $37,500, reimbursement of expenses totaling approximately $5,012 and other unspecified damages. The Company believes that Mr. Johnson voluntarily terminated his employment in accordance with the agreement and that he has been paid in full. In an abundance of caution, the Company also gave Mr. Johnson 30 days’ notice of termination without cause pursuant to the employment agreement, with this notice to be effective only if the Court determines that his employment was not previously terminated by him. Mr. Johnson ceased working for the Company in early September 2012. Based on the foregoing, the Company believed that it had substantial defenses to Mr. Johnson’s claims, which were denied in the Company’s answer.

In May 2014, the case was settled pursuant to the Company’s agreement to pay Mr. Johnson $30,088, with $5,088 due upon execution of the settlement agreement plus an additional $25,000 payable in installments of $12,500 each in July and August 2014. The installments due in July and August are included in the Payable to Related Parties on the condensed consolidated financial statements. As of the date of this filing, all of the settlement payments have been made, and this case is concluded.

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