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INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
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NOTE 7 INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following:

    June 30, 2014     December 31, 2013  
             
Computer software, cost $ 1,614   $ 1,629  
Exclusive right to use a secret process, cost   4,877,787     4,922,509  
Less: Accumulated amortization   (4,025,592 )   (3,816,401 )
             
  $ 853,809   $ 1,107,737  

In April 2006, the Company purchased from a third party a ten-year exclusive right to use a secret process and method in the cultivation and growing of Cordyceps Militaris, which is widely used for traditional Chinese medicine, for a cash consideration of RMB30,000,000, payable over five years. The exclusive right is amortized over its term of ten years using the straight-line method.

Amortization expense was $244,427 and $240,445 for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $121,802 and $121,354 for the three months ended June 30,2014 and 2013 respectively. The estimated expense of the intangible assets over each of the next three years will be:

Remainder of fiscal 2014 $ 243,958  
Fiscal 2015   487,822  
Fiscal 2016   122,029  
       
  $ 853,809