Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 10 – Related Party Transactions

On July 14, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Howard Yeaton as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. On July 13, 2015, the Company appointed Brian Sereda as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, replacing Interim Chief Financial Officer Howard Yeaton. Howard Yeaton is the Managing Principal of Financial Consulting Strategies LLC (“FCS”). During the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company had incurred fees of $0, $0 and $61,848 in connection with Mr. Yeaton’s services as Interim Chief Financial Officer. During the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company incurred fees of $0, $13,306 and $88,813 for other financial advisory and accounting services provided by FCS.

In November 2016, the Company and Dialog Semiconductor plc (“Dialog”) entered into an Alliance Agreement for the manufacture, distribution and commercialization of products incorporating the Company’s wire-free charging technology (See Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies, Strategic Alliance Agreement). On November 7, 2016 and June 28, 2017, the Company and Dialog entered into securities purchase agreements under which Dialog acquired a total of 1,739,691 shares and received warrants to purchase up to 1,417,565 shares (See Note 7 - Stockholders’ Equity, Private Placements). Dialog presently owns approximately 7.7% of the Company’s outstanding common shares, and could potentially own approximately 13.2% of the Company’s outstanding common shares if it exercised all of its warrants for common shares. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company paid $516,725 to Dialog for chip development costs incurred, which is recorded under research and development expense.