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SEC Comment Letter for Lee Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RONN) (CIK 0000058411) — Jun 15, 2005

Lee Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RONN) (CIK 0000058411)
Date: June 15, 2005 · CIK: 0000058411 · Accession: 0000000000-05-030154

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

Referenced dates: April 29, 2005

Date
May 20, 2005
Author
Rufus Decker
Form
UPLOAD
Company
Lee Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RONN) (CIK 0000058411)

Letter

May 20, 2005 via U.S. mail and facsimile Mr. Ronald G. Lee Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Lee Pharmaceuticals 1444 Santa Anita Avenue South El Monte, California 91733

RE: Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004 Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March 31, File No. 1-7335

Dear Mr. Lee:

We have reviewed your response letter dated April 29, and have the following additional comments. If you disagree with our comment, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation.

Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter.

FORM 10-KSB FOR YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

Comment applicable to your overall filing 1. Where a comment below requests additional disclosures or other revisions, please show us in your supplemental response what the revisions will look like. These revisions should be included in your future filings.

Financial Statements

Note 4 - Intangible Assets, page 21

2. We have reviewed your response to comment 2. Please provide us with responses to the following: * Tell us which of the product lines are subject to amortization and which have indefinite lives. * For product lines that are subject to amortization tell us how you determined their estimated useful lives and disclose the amortization period. * For product lines that have indefinite lives tell us the factors that support this conclusion. * Given that you amortize covenants not to compete over 60 to 120 months and covenants not to compete agreements are generally for periods ranging from two to five years, tell us the amortization period and the product lines with covenants not to compete that exceed 60 months. * Provide us with your computation of the $38,000 impact per year of the amortization of definite-lived intangibles. * Tell us when you intend to commence recording the amortization of the definite-lived intangibles and your proposed method of accounting for this change given that you have disclosed financial results through the second quarter of 2005. Give us the justification of the estimated useful lives of your intangibles based upon analysis of the following literature: EITF 02- 17, EITF 03-9, and SFAS 142.

FORM 10-QSB FOR PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2005

Comment applicable to your interim filing

3. Please address the comments above in your interim filings as well.

* * * *

Please respond to these comments within 10 business days, or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please provide us with a supplemental response letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested supplemental information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your supplemental response on EDGAR as a correspondence file. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments.

If you have any questions regarding these comments, you may contact Gus Rodriguez, Staff Accountant, at (202) 824-5524 or, in his absence, Nathan Cheney, Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 942- 1804.

Sincerely,
Rufus Decker
Accounting Branch Chief
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Mail Stop 0510

      May 20, 2005

via U.S. mail and facsimile

Mr. Ronald G. Lee
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Lee Pharmaceuticals
1444 Santa Anita Avenue
South El Monte, California 91733

	RE: Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004
                   Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March 31,
2005
                    File No. 1-7335

Dear Mr. Lee:

		We have reviewed your response letter dated April 29,
2005
and have the following additional comments.  If you disagree with
our
comment, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment
is
inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary.  Please be as detailed
as
necessary in your explanation.

	Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.

FORM 10-KSB FOR YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004

Comment applicable to your overall filing
1. Where a comment below requests additional disclosures or other
revisions, please show us in your supplemental response what the
revisions will look like.  These revisions should be included in
your
future filings.

Financial Statements

Note 4 - Intangible Assets, page 21

2. We have reviewed your response to comment 2.  Please provide us
with responses to the following:
* Tell us which of the product lines are subject to amortization
and
which have indefinite lives.
* For product lines that are subject to amortization tell us how
you
determined their estimated useful lives and disclose the
amortization
period.
* For product lines that have indefinite lives tell us the factors
that support this conclusion.
* Given that you amortize covenants not to compete over 60 to 120
months and covenants not to compete agreements are generally for
periods ranging from two to five years, tell us the amortization
period and the product lines with covenants not to compete that
exceed 60 months.
* Provide us with your computation of the $38,000 impact per year
of
the amortization of definite-lived intangibles.
* Tell us when you intend to commence recording the amortization
of
the definite-lived intangibles and your proposed method of
accounting
for this change given that you have disclosed financial results
through the second quarter of 2005.
Give us the justification of the estimated useful lives of your
intangibles based upon analysis of the following literature: EITF
02-
17, EITF 03-9, and SFAS 142.

			FORM 10-QSB FOR PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2005

Comment applicable to your interim filing

3. Please address the comments above in your interim filings as
well.

*    *    *    *

		Please respond to these comments within 10 business
days,
or tell us when you will provide us with a response.  Please
provide
us with a supplemental response letter that keys your responses to
our comments and provides any requested supplemental information.
Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review.  Please file your
supplemental response on EDGAR as a correspondence file.  Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing
your
responses to our comments.

       If you have any questions regarding these comments, you may
contact Gus Rodriguez, Staff Accountant, at (202) 824-5524 or, in
his
absence, Nathan Cheney, Assistant Chief Accountant, at (202) 942-
1804.

							Sincerely,

							Rufus Decker
							Accounting Branch Chief
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Mr. Ronald G. Lee
May 20, 2005
Page 3 of 3

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-0510

         DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE

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