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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

The patented technology underlying 374Water’s supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) units, which was developed principally through the efforts of Messrs. Nagar and Deshusses at the facilities of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (“Duke”), where Dr. Deshusses is a professor. The SCWO technology is licensed to 374Water pursuant to a worldwide license agreement with Duke executed on April 16, 2021 (the “License Agreement”). In connection with the License Agreement, 374Water also executed an equity transfer Agreement with Duke pursuant to which Duke received a small number of common stock in the Company (See Notes 4 and 6). Under the terms of the License Agreement, the Company is required to make royalty payments based on a percentage of licensed product sales, as defined in the License Agreement which is triggered by the sale of licensed products. Further, the Company is also required to pay royalties on a percentage of sublicensing fees. The Company will reimburse Duke for any ongoing patent expenses incurred. As of December 31, 2022, the Company incurred a total of $7,147 in expenses in connection with this License Agreement. The Company may terminate the license agreement anytime by providing Duke 60 days’ written notice. 

 

We note that in the ordinary course of business that we may be the subject of, or party to, various pending or threatened legal actions which could result in a material adverse outcome for which the related damages may not be estimable.  We do not believe any legal action would have a significant impact on the financials.  However, there is inherent uncertainty but an assessment will be made for each legal action in occurrence and the assessments could change depending on future events.