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Pixelpin Acquisition and Patent Approvals
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Pixelpin Acquisition and Patent Approvals  
Pixelpin Acquisition and Patent Approvals

2.    Pixelpin Acquisition and Patent Approvals

On February 23, 2021, Trust Stamp Malta completed an agreement to acquire Pixelpin, an image-based “Pin-on-Glass” account access solution that alleviates pain-points of traditional login methods while ensuring the security of authentication. The Company paid $92 thousand in cash as consideration for the asset purchase of software intellectual property including VAT taxes. The asset acquisition was recorded at 100% of the fair value of the net assets acquired. The allocation of the consideration to the fair value of 100% of the net assets acquired at the date of acquisition is as follows:

    

Fair Value

Trade name and trademarks

$

90,621

Foreign currency translation

 

1,133

Total

$

91,754

On June 1, 2022, Trust Stamp Malta received a $13 thousand refund for the VAT taxes paid in the Pixelpin acquisition transaction and the Company applied the refund to reduce the asset’s carrying value to $78 thousand.

In addition to the acquisition, the Company experienced continued growth in its robust intellectual property portfolio adding a total of $175 thousand in patent investments with nine (9) new patent issuances and thirteen (13) new patent filings during the year ended December 31, 2022.