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                                                                   Exhibit 10.44

                        LICENSE AGREEMENT-LTC TO ILION


      This License Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of
December 31, 2001 between Lithium Technology Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("LTC"), and Ilion Technology Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Ilion").

                                   RECITALS

      WHEREAS, LTC and Ilion have entered into an Agreement to terminate the
LTC-Ilion Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement"), and all related agreements
(the "LTC-Ilion Termination Agreement").

      WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to
the LTC-Ilion Termination Agreement.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual
agreements contained in this Agreement, Ilion and LTC agree as follows:

1.    DEFINITIONS

      Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms, when
used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings set forth in this Section.

      1.1.  "Affiliate" means (a) any company or other entity of which either
party to this Agreement now or hereafter owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the
stock entitled to vote for the election of directors of such company or
otherwise has voting control over such entity; (b) any company or other entity
of which either party to this Agreement now or hereafter directly or indirectly
owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the ownership interest (a "majority economic
interest") in such company; or (c) any company or other entity in which voting
control or a majority economic interest is directly or indirectly held by a
parent company or other entity which also holds voting control of, or a majority
economic interest in either party to this Agreement.

      1.2.  "Licensed Products" means lithium-ion/lithium-ion polymer battery
products, the manufacture, use, sale or other disposition of which would, but
for the License granted hereunder, employ Technology licensed hereunder.
Licensed Products does not include lithium metal polymer battery products.

      1.3.  "Technology" means all product designs, processing techniques and
knowledge known to "those skilled in the art" whether or not patented (including
those patents set forth on Schedule 1.3(A)) or patentable which LTC owns or
possesses on the date hereof and (1) has communicated to Ilion or (2) was
developed by LTC pursuant to the Merger Agreement between LTC and Ilion, solely
as the foregoing relates to the materials, design and architecture of
lithium-
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ion/lithium-ion polymer batteries and excluding any of the foregoing as it
relates to lithium metal polymer batteries and excluding any improvements to the
Technology after the date of this Agreement. Schedule 1.3 hereto sets forth a
list of certain, but not all, of the items included within the definition of
Technology.

2.    LICENSE AND AGREEMENTS

      2.1   Non-Exclusive License. Subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein, LTC hereby grants, and Ilion hereby accepts, a worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-free, perpetual license under the Technology to make, have made for
Ilion, use, sell or otherwise dispose of the Licensed Products and to use the
Technology solely in connection with the license granted herein (the "License"),
provided that no license is granted for the use of the Technology for the
manufacture of lithium metal polymer battery products. The License shall
continue until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 4
hereof.

      2.2   Sublicense. Ilion shall not have the right to sublicense the
Technology except as may be necessary to have a third party manufacture,
maintain or develop a Licensed Product for Ilion. In addition, Ilion may
sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer the License to any entity that is
directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling, or under common control with
Ilion. For the purposes of this clause, Proteus Power and Pacific Lithium New
Zealand Limited are entities controlled by Ilion.

3.    TECHNOLOGY PROTECTION

      3.1.  Inspection/Manufacture. If LTC has reasonable grounds to believe
that Ilion is infringing on LTC's intellectual property rights, then LTC shall
provide notice of such to Ilion. The notice shall set forth in reasonable detail
the nature of the alleged infringement and the evidence supporting such. In such
event, Ilion shall permit a third party, to be mutually agreed upon by LTC and
Ilion, to enter upon Ilion's premises during normal business hours and upon
reasonable advanced notice for the limited purpose of inspecting the alleged
infringing manufacturing process and/or component as set forth in the aforesaid
notice.

      3.2.  Compliance with Laws. Ilion shall comply with all applicable laws of
the United Sates and all other appropriate jurisdiction and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, in the manufacture, sales, use, disposition and
installation of Licensed Products.

4.    TERM AND TERMINATION

      4.1   Term and Termination Dates. (a) This Agreement shall commence on
December 31, 2001 and shall terminate simultaneously with and upon the earliest
to occur of (i) any breach by Ilion of any material provision of this Agreement
and the failure by Ilion to cure such breach within ten (10) days of notice of
such breach or (ii) December 31, 2021.

      (b)   In addition to the provisions of Section 4.1(a) , LTC may terminate
this Agreement immediately by notice to Ilion, if voluntary or involuntary
proceedings are instituted against Ilion
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under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws by a party other than LTC, a LTC
Affiliate or a party acting in conjunction with LTC which proceedings are not
dismissed or withdrawn within 60 days, or Ilion makes an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors or receiver or custodian is appointed for Ilion or
Ilion's business is placed under attachment, garnishment or other process
involving a significant portion of the business of Ilion.

      4.2.  Confidentiality. The termination of this Agreement shall not relieve
Ilion of its obligations of confidentiality pursuant to Section 5.1 of this
Agreement.

5.    CONFIDENTIALITY

      5.1   Confidentiality.

      (a)   Ilion hereby acknowledges that the Technology is a valuable trade
secret of LTC. Ilion shall maintain the Technology in confidence and shall cause
its employees and agents to maintain the Technology in confidence during the
term of this Agreement and thereafter following termination of this Agreement
for a period of two (2) years. The foregoing confidentiality obligation shall
not apply to Technology which:

            (i)   is or becomes public knowledge (through no failure of Ilion to
                  perform its obligations hereunder);

            (ii)  is in the future rightfully received from third parties by
                  Ilion free of any obligation to keep it confidential;

            (iii) is now or in the future approved in writing by LTC for
                  release, publication, dissemination or use;

            (iv)  was rightfully known to Ilion prior to its receipt from LTC;
                  or

            (v)   is required by applicable law to be disclosed to a
                  governmental authority; provided, that to the extent permitted
                  by applicable law, Ilion shall use its reasonable efforts to
                  obtain the agreement of such governmental authority to
                  maintain the confidentiality of any such proprietary
                  information.

            The parties hereto acknowledge that the Licensed Products contain a
high degree of proprietary Technology, and Ilion shall treat and handle all
technical information, design data, specifications and like material pertaining
to the Licensed Products or any Improvement in confidence and will use such
material only to make, have made, use, sell or otherwise dispose of the Licensed
Products. Ilion shall return all Technology which is embodied in physical form
to LTC promptly upon the termination of this Agreement.

            The parties shall take all reasonable steps to eliminate the risk of
disclosure of the Technology, including, without limitation, ensuring that only
employees with a need to know the Technology have access to the Technology and
that such employees shall sign confidentiality
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agreements to treat the Technology as confidential information. Ilion shall
provide proper and secure storage for papers, drawings and other confidential
matters.

            Ilion shall require any sublicensee to sign an Agreement containing
the same confidential provisions as are contained herein.

      (b)   Ilion shall maintain any technology of LTC in confidence and shall
cause its employees and agents to maintain the LTC technology in confidence
during the term of this Agreement and thereafter following termination of this
Agreement for a period of two (2) years on the terms set forth in Section
5.1(a).

      5.2   Injunctive Relief. LTC and Ilion hereby acknowledge that damages at
law may be an inadequate remedy for the breach of any of the covenants, promises
and agreements contained in Sections 3 and 5.1 and, accordingly, LTC or Ilion
shall be entitled to injunctive relief with respect to any such breach,
including specific performance of such covenants, promises or agreements or an
order enjoining LTC or Ilion from any threatened, or from the continuation of
any actual, breach of covenants, promises or agreements. The rights set forth in
this Section shall be in addition to any other rights which the parties may have
at law or in equity.

6.    MISCELLANEOUS

      6.1   Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests,
demands, consents, instructions or other communications to or upon the LTC or
Ilion under this Agreement shall be by telecopy or in writing and telecopied,
mailed or delivered to each party at the telecopier number or its address as
provided below (or to such other telecopy number or address as the recipient of
any notice shall have notified the other in writing). All such notices and
communications shall be effective (a) when sent by Federal Express or other
overnight service of recognized standing, on the Business Day following the
deposit with such service; (b) when mailed, by registered or certified mail,
first class postage prepaid and addressed as aforesaid through the United States
Postal Service, upon receipt; (c) when delivered by hand, upon delivery; and (d)
when telecopied, upon confirmation of receipt to the following:

            Lithium Technology Corporation
            5115 Campus Drive
            Plymouth Meeting, PA  19462-1129
            Attention David J. Cade
            Fax:  610-940-6091
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            with a copy to:

            Gallagher, Briody & Bulter
            155 Village Blvd.
            2nd Floor
            Princeton, NJ  08540
            Fax:  609-452-6000
            Attention:  Thomas P. Gallagher


            Ilion Technology Corporation
            Royal & SunAlliance Centre
            Level 23
            48 Shortland Street
            Auckland, New Zealand
            Attention: Robin Johannink
            Fax:  011-64-9-306-1371


            with a copy to:

            Jones Young
            ASB Bank Centre
            Level 14
            135 Albert Street
            Auckland, New Zealand
            Fax:  011-64-9-367-8799

      6.2   Nonwaiver. No failure or delay on either LTC or Ilion's part in
exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other
right nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any
other further excise thereof or of any other right.

      6.3   Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended or
modified, nor may any of its terms be waived, except by written instruments
signed by LTC and Ilion. Such waiver or consent under any provision hereof shall
be effective only in the specific instances for the purpose for which given.

      6.4   Assignments. No rights hereunder may be assigned and no duties
hereunder may be delegated by Ilion except with the express prior written
consent of LTC; provided, however, that a successor in interest by merger, by
operation of law, assignment, purchase or otherwise of the entire business of
Ilion, shall acquire all interest of Ilion hereunder, without the necessity of
obtaining prior written consent.

      6.5   Partial Invalidity. If at any time any provision of this Agreement
is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of
any jurisdiction, neither the
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legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under
the law of any other jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.

      6.6   Headings. Headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and are not part of the substance hereof or thereof.

      6.7   Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes and contains the entire
agreement of the LTC and Ilion and supersedes any and all prior agreements,
negotiations, correspondence, understandings and communications among the
parties, whether written or oral, respecting this License Agreement.

      6.8   Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to conflicts
of law rules.

      6.9   Jurisdiction. Any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any
provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be brought in the courts
of the State of New York located in the County of New York and the federal
courts of the United States of America located in such State and County. Each of
the parties (i) consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of
the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or
proceeding, (ii) irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action
or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum, (iii) will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal
jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, and (iv)
will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in any other court. Process in any such suit,
action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether
within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the
foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided
in Section 6.1 will be deemed effective service of process on such party.

      6.10  JURY TRIAL. EACH OF LTC AND ILION, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY AS TO
ANY ISSUE.
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      6.11  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but such counterparts
shall together constitutes but one and the same agreement.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement
as of the date first above written.


                                  LITHIUM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION


                                  By: /s/ David J. Cade
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                                          David J. Cade
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


                                  ILION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION



                                  By: /s/ Robin T. Johannink
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                                          Robin Johannink
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer