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Tecogen Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Tuesday, 11/12/19, at 1:08pm ET · For: 9/30/19 · Accession #: 1537435-19-48 · File #: 1-36103

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/12/19  Tecogen Inc.                      10-Q        9/30/19   64:5.6M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    441K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
32: R1          Document and Entity Information Document and        HTML     46K 
                Entity Information                                               
55: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    118K 
46: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     29K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     94K 
29: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     77K 
                Equity Statement                                                 
52: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    125K 
43: R7          Description of business and basis of presentation   HTML     38K 
13: R8          Revenue                                             HTML    101K 
33: R9          Loss Per Common Share                               HTML     40K 
18: R10         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     42K 
22: R11         Intangible Assets and Liabilities Other Than        HTML     86K 
                Goodwill                                                         
62: R12         Sale of Energy Producing Assets and Goodwill        HTML     29K 
                Impairment                                                       
38: R13         Leases                                              HTML     39K 
19: R14         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     53K 
23: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     47K 
64: R16         Revolving Line of Credit, Bank (Notes)              HTML     27K 
39: R17         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     25K 
17: R18         Related party transactions                          HTML     37K 
24: R19         Segments                                            HTML    124K 
48: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     22K 
41: R21         Description of business and basis of presentation   HTML     38K 
                (Policies)                                                       
11: R22         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     77K 
27: R23         Loss Per Common Share (Tables)                      HTML     40K 
49: R24         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     40K 
42: R25         Intangible Assets and Liabilities Other Than        HTML     83K 
                Goodwill (Tables)                                                
12: R26         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     38K 
28: R27         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     51K 
50: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     45K 
40: R29         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     28K 
36: R30         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML    125K 
61: R31         Description of business and basis of presentation   HTML     42K 
                - Additional Information (Details)                               
26: R32         Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)       HTML     53K 
21: R33         Revenue - Additional Information (Details)          HTML     42K 
35: R34         Loss Per Common Share - Schedule of Income (Loss)   HTML     35K 
                Per Common Share, Basic and Diluted (Details)                    
60: R35         Property, Plant and Equipment - Summary of          HTML     49K 
                Property and Equipment (Details)                                 
25: R36         Property, Plant and Equipment - Depreciation        HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
20: R37         Intangible Assets and Liabilities Other Than        HTML     25K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
37: R38         Intangible Assets and Liabilities Other Than        HTML     52K 
                Goodwill -Amounts related to intangible assets                   
                (Details)                                                        
59: R39         Intangible Assets and Liabilities Other Than        HTML     33K 
                Goodwill - Future Amortization of Customer                       
                Contracts (Details)                                              
45: R40         Sale of Energy Producing Assets and Goodwill        HTML     31K 
                Impairment (Details)                                             
54: R41         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     32K 
31: R42         Leases - Future Minimum Lease Commitments           HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
16: R43         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock-Based              HTML     32K 
                Compensation (Details)                                           
44: R44         Stock-Based Compensation - Stock Option Activity    HTML     86K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R45         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value on a           HTML     38K 
                Recurring Basis (Details)                                        
30: R46         Fair Value Measurements - Change in Level 2 Assets  HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
15: R47         Revolving Line of Credit, Bank (Details)            HTML     48K 
47: R48         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     26K 
51: R49         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML     49K 
57: R50         Related party transactions - Assets Acquired and    HTML     41K 
                Liabilities Assumed (Details)                                    
34: R51         Segments (Details)                                  HTML     52K 
56: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    113K 
63: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     63K 
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 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tgen-20190930_cal               XML    176K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tgen-20190930_pre              XML    681K 
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58: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001537435-19-000048-xbrl      Zip    164K

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Filing Submission 0001537435-19-000048 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Tecogen Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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