Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Patents

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12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
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Note C – Patents

The Company’s intangible assets at December 31, 2024 include patents with estimated remaining economic useful lives ranging from 9 to 15 years. For all periods presented, all the Company’s patents were subject to amortization. The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization related to acquired intangible assets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:

               
    2024     2023  
Gross carrying amount   $ 8,473,000     $ 8,473,000  
Accumulated amortization     (7,268,000 )     (7,147,000 )
Patents, net   $ 1,205,000     $ 1,326,000  

 

Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $120,000 and $266,000, respectively. Future amortization of current intangible assets, net is as follows:

         
For the years ended December 31,        

 

2025

    $ 120,000  
2026       120,000  
2027       119,000  
2028       116,000  
2029       116,000  
Thereafter       614,000  
Total     $ 1,205,000  

 

The expiration dates for the M2M/IoT Portfolio range from September 2033 to May 2034. The expiration dates within the Company’s HFT Patent Portfolio range from October 2039 to February, 2040. All of the patents within the Company’s Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio, Cox Portfolio and the Remote Power Patent have expired.