Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

16. Contractual Obligations

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16. Contractual Obligations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Contractual Obligations  
Contractual Obligations

The Company has certain contractual commitments for future periods, including office leases, minimum guaranteed compensation payments and other agreements as described in the following table and associated footnotes:

 

Year ending     Office     Research and License     Compensation     Total  
December 31,     Lease (1)     Agreements (2)     Agreements (3)     Obligations  
  2016     $ 69,960     $ 187,500     $ 350,000     $ 607,460  
  2017       69,960       187,500       305,429       562,889  
  2018       40,810       187,500       290,000       518,310  
  2019             187,500       54,375       241,875  
  2020             187,500             187,500  
  Total     $ 180,730     $ 937,500     $ 999,804     $ 2,118,034  

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  (1) Consists of rent for the Company’s Santa Barbara Facility expiring on July 31, 2018.
(2) Consists of license maintenance fees to Temple University in the amount of $187,500 paid annually through the life of the underlying patents or until otherwise terminated by either party.
(3) Consists of base salary and certain contractually-provided benefits, to i) an executive officer, pursuant to an employment agreement at a base salary of $290,000 per year and, as amended by the Board on March 10, 2016, expires on March 8, 2019; and ii) and a severance agreement of a former officer in the amount of $75,429.