On October 27, 2014, the Company entered into an Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement with Mr. Hatem Essaddam wherein the Company purchased a certain technique and method, which was used to develop the Generation I (“GEN I”) technology, for $445,050 allowing for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure. The GEN I technology patent portfolio has two issued U.S. patents and an allowed U.S. application, all expected to expire on or around July 2035. Internationally, the Company has issued patents in Taiwan, South Africa, and in the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and pending patent applications in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Eurasia, Europe, Israel, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and the Philippines, all expected to expire, if granted, on or around July 2036.

In addition to the $445,050 paid by the Company under the Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement, the Company is required to make four additional payments of CDN$200,000, totaling CDN$800,000, to Mr. Essaddam within sixty (60) days of attaining each of the following milestones:

Additionally, the Company is obligated to make royalty payments of up to CDN$25,700,000, based on the GEN I technology, payable as follows:

The Company has no intention of commercializing the GEN I technology at this time.

During the year ended February 28, 2019, the Company finalized the development of its next generation technology, referred to as Generation II (“GEN II”), and has filed various patent applications in jurisdictions around the world. On April 9, 2019, a GEN II U.S. patent was issued and is expected to expire on or around September 2037.

Concurrent with the GEN II development, in June 2018, the Company transitioned to its newly constructed GEN II industrial pilot plant. The GEN II technology forms the basis for the commercialization of the Company into the future.

As a result of the strategic shift away from the GEN I technology, and the development of the GEN II technology during the year ended February 28, 2019, the Company considered the carrying value of its GEN I intangible asset to be impaired and wrote off the remaining balance of the intangible asset, which amounted to $298,694.

Amortization expense for the three- and six-month periods ended August 31, 2019 amounted to $5,527 and $8,545, respectively (2018 - $21,509 and $37,988, respectively), and is recorded as an operating expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.