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Cavitation Technologies, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 2/14/24, at 10:16am ET · For: 12/31/23 · Accession #: 1683168-24-947 · File #: 0-53239

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

 2/14/24  Cavitation Technologies, Inc.     10-Q       12/31/23   44:2.3M                                   GlobalOne Filings Inc/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Form 10-Q for Dec 2023                              HTML    426K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     17K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     14K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     14K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     61K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    104K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     35K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     70K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     32K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     40K 
                Stockholders' Deficit (Unaudited)                                
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     63K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     50K 
                Policies                                                         
19: R9          Contracts with Desmet Ballestra Group               HTML     23K 
20: R10         Investment in equity method investment              HTML     23K 
21: R11         Operating Lease                                     HTML     32K 
22: R12         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     22K 
23: R13         Notes Payable                                       HTML     24K 
24: R14         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     46K 
25: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     20K 
26: R16         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     66K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
27: R17         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     22K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
28: R18         Operating Lease (Tables)                            HTML     32K 
29: R19         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     42K 
30: R20         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     21K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
31: R21         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML     56K 
                Policies (Details Narrative)                                     
32: R22         Contracts with Desmet Ballestra Group (Details      HTML     31K 
                Narrative)                                                       
33: R23         Investment in equity method investment (Details     HTML     26K 
                Narrative)                                                       
34: R24         Operating Lease (Details - Lease Cost)              HTML     32K 
35: R25         Operating Lease (Details - Operating Lease Minimum  HTML     24K 
                payments)                                                        
36: R26         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     19K 
37: R27         Notes Payable (Details Narrative)                   HTML     32K 
38: R28         Stockholders' Equity (Details - Warrant activity)   HTML     51K 
39: R29         Stockholders' Equity (Details - Warrants by         HTML     31K 
                exercise price)                                                  
41: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     72K 
44: XML         XBRL Instance -- cavitation_i10q-123123_htm          XML    447K 
40: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX     59K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cvat-20231231_pre              XML    336K 
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43: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001683168-24-000947-xbrl      Zip    112K

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Cavitation Technologies, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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