8-K: Current report filing
Published on February 8, 2007
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 2, 2007
SAVE THE WORLD AIR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Nevada (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
0-29185 (Commission File Number) |
52-2088326 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
5125 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, California 91601
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (818) 487-8000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On February 2, 2007 the Company and Temple University (Temple) entered into two License
Agreements, one covering Temples current patent application concerning certain electric field
effects on fuel particle size distribution and the other covering Temples current patent
application concerning electric field effects on crude oil viscosity, and any and all United States
and foreign patents issuing in respect of the technologies described in such applications
(collectively, the License Agreements). Initially, the License Agreements are exclusive and the
territory licensed to the Company is worldwide. Pursuant to the License Agreements, the Company
will pay to Temple (i) license fees in the aggregate amount of $250,000.00, payable in three
installments of $100,000.00 on March 2, 2007, and $75,000.00 on each of February 2, 2008 and
February 2, 2009, respectively and (ii) annual maintenance fees of $125,000 annually commencing
January 1, 2008. In addition, each License Agreement separately provides that the Company will pay
royalties to Temple on net sales of products incorporating the technology licensed under that
License Agreement in an amount equal to 7% of the first $20 million of net sales, 6% of the next
$20 million of net sales and 5% of net sales in excess of $40 million. Sales under the two License
Agreements are not aggregated for purposes of calculating the royalties payable to Temple. In
addition, the Company has agreed to bear all costs of obtaining and maintaining patents in any
jurisdiction where the Company directs Temple to pursue a patent for either of the licensed technologies.
Should the Company not wish to pursue a patent in a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction
would not be included in the territory licensed to the Company.
Also on February 2, 2007 the Company and Temple entered into an R&D Agreement pursuant to
which the Company and Temple will conduct a 24-month research project towards expanding the scope
of, and developing products utilizing, the technologies covered under the License Agreements (the
R&D Agreement). Pursuant to the R&D Agreement, the Company will make payments to Temple in the
aggregate amount of $500,000.00, payable in 8 non-refundable installments commencing with $123,750
on or prior to March 2, 2007 and $53,750 every three months thereafter until paid in full. If the
research project yields results within the scope of the technologies licensed pursuant to the
License Agreements, those results will be deemed included as rights licensed to the Company
pursuant to the License Agreements. If the research project yields results outside of the scope of
the technologies covered by the License Agreements, the Company has a six-month right of first
negotiation to enter into a new worldwide, exclusive license agreement with Temple for the
intellectual property covered by those results.
Item 8.01 Other Information
We are a green technology company that leverages a suite of intellectual properties related to
the treatment of fuels. Technologies patented by, or licensed to, us utilize either magnetic or
uniform electrical fields to alter physical characteristics of fuels and are designed to create a
cleaner combustion. Cleaner combustion has been shown to
improve performance, enhance fuel economy and/or reduce harmful emissions in laboratory testing.
Our ECO ChargR and MAG ChargR products use fixed magnetic fields through the application of
our patented and patent-pending ZEFS and MK IV technologies. We differentiate ECO ChargR and MAG
ChargR products based on their differing magnetic fluxes and their applications. ECO ChargR
products are more focused toward reduction in emissions and MAG ChargR products are more focused
toward performance and fuel economy.
The ECO ChargR product line is intended specifically for the reduction of exhaust emissions in
vehicle and small utility motors. These products will be marketed primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as well as
to pilot and government-mandated emissions programs. ECO ChargR products incorporate our MK IV
technology, but may incorporate ZEFS technologies.
The MAG ChargR product line exploits the power and mileage improving attributes of our ZEFS
technologies, and these products may also incorporate our MK IV technology. MAG ChargR will be
marketed primarily to the consumer aftermarket for many vehicles, including but not limited to
cars, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, all terrain vehicles (ATVs), snowmobiles, personal watercraft
and small utility motors.
We have obtained the license for our uniform electric field technology, tentatively called ELEKTRA, from
Temple University. Together with Temple, we have developed prototype products using this technology
and are continuing testing, research and development. This patent pending technology licensed from
Temple consists of passing the fuel through a specific strong electrical field. Testing conducted
in an outside facility indicates that this causes a significant
change in some of the physical characteristics of the fuel resulting in better atomization of the
fuel and improved combustion.
Our first revenues have come from sales in Asia for our ECO ChargR and MAG ChargR products in
the motorcycle industry. We anticipate commencing sales of our MAG ChargR products to customers in
the USA in first quarter of 2007. We believe that the main markets for products incorporating our
original ZEFS, MK IV and CAT-MATE technologies will be OEMs and
the after-market for equipment and vehicles driven by internal combustion engines.
We believe that the applications for products incorporating the licensed electric field
technology will include gas, diesel and bio-fuel injected motor vehicles, as well as applications
in aviation, marine, oil pipeline and refining industries. We are currently developing motor
vehicle applications and plan to seek joint venture partners to commercialize this product in the
other applications.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
10.1 | License Agreement with Temple University | ||
10.2 | License Agreement with Temple University | ||
10.3 | R&D Agreement with Temple University |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 8, 2007 | SAVE THE WORLD AIR, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Bruce McKinnon | |||
Bruce McKinnon | ||||
Chief Executive Office and President | ||||