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6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
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NOTE C – PATENTS

The Company’s intangible assets at June 30, 2021 include patents with estimated remaining economic useful lives ranging from 0.25 to 12.25 years. For all periods presented, all of the Company’s patents were subject to amortization. The gross carrying amounts and accumulated amortization related to acquired intangible assets as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:

    June 30, 2021     December 31, 2020  
Gross carrying amount – patents   $ 7,915,000     $ 7,848,000  
Accumulated amortization – patents     (6,417,000 )     (6,270,000 )
Patents, net   $ 1,498,000     $ 1,578,000  

 

Amortization expense for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $73,000 and $72,000, respectively. Amortization expense for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $147,000 and $144,000, respectively. Future amortization of intangible assets, net is as follows:

                 
Twelve Months Ended June 30,  
  2022     $ 296,000  
  2023       296,000  
  2024       126,000  
  2025       86,000  
  2026 and thereafter       694,000  
  Total     $ 1,498,000  
             
             

 

The Company’s Remote Power Patent expired on March 7, 2020. All of the patents within the Company’s Mirror Worlds Patent Portfolio have expired. The expiration dates of the patents within the Cox Patent Portfolio range from September 2021 to November 2023. The expiration dates of patents within the Company’s M2M/IoT Patent Portfolio range from September 2033 to May 2034.