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INTANGIBLE ASSETS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
INTANGIBLE ASSETS  
INTANGIBLE ASSETS

4. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

        Intangible assets, included in Other Assets, consist of patent licensing fees paid to license intellectual property (see Note 16. The Company is amortizing the license fee to research and development expense over its 15-year term.

 
  2013   2012  

Patent licensing fee

  $ 200,000   $ 200,000  

Accumulated amortization

    (68,861 )   (51,361 )
           

 

  $ 131,139   $ 148,639  
           
           

        For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 the amortization expense was $17,500, $17,500, and $12,500. Amortization expense in each of the next five years is expected to be approximately $17,000 per year.