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Description of royalty payment to related party.

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Long term purchase commitment milestones payment.

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Project estimated cost.

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Project remaining cost.

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Purchase of materials.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable, pertaining to costs that are statutory in nature, are incurred on contractual obligations, or accumulate over time and for which invoices have not yet been received or will not be rendered. Examples include taxes, interest, rent and utilities.

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The current amount of expenditures for a real estate project that has not yet been completed.

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The amount of purchased research and development assets that are acquired in a business combination have no alternative future use and are therefore written off in the period of acquisition.

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