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Note 19 Contingencies On November 7, 2013, the Company received a letter from the counsel of Rapid Breath Diagnostics, LLC (“RBD”) alleging, among other things, the Company entered into a purported Authorized Distributor and License Agreement with RBD which was materially altered without RBD’s consent. Additionally, RBD claims that the Company has violated certain intellectual property rights of RBD with respect to its Ketone Check and Metron products. RBD is alleging that it has suffered $250,000 in damages and that it has development and ownership of the market use of Ketone Check for the management of neurological diseases as well as intellectual property rights to the name Metron. The Company informed RBD that the alleged agreement was not fully executed, and that the Company’s offer to enter into the agreement was void. On January 9, 2014, the Company commenced a lawsuit in the United States Federal Court, District of New Jersey, against Rapid Breath Diagnostics, LLC and David A. Urman (collectively, “the RBD Parties”). The Complaint requests that the Court declare the rights of the parties with respect to an alleged Distributor and License Agreement and to preliminary enjoin the RBD Parties from continuing to prosecute an arbitration filed with the American Arbitration Association with respect to the same subject matter (“the Arbitration”). Pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the Arbitration has since been discontinued in anticipation of the RBD Parties’ agreement to litigate the dispute in the court action. The Company is not able to assess its position in the court action in terms of favorable or unfavorable position and intends to vigorously defend against any counterclaims, if asserted |