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BUSINESS (Details Narrative)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 integer
BUSINESS (Details Narrative)
Patents owned	80
Number of Remote Power Patent License Agreements	27
Number of Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio Licensing Agreements	2

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