Note 3. Intangible and Fixed Assets | Intangible Assets On November 13, 1995 the Company filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which was granted on September 28, 1999 as patent #5,960,447, Word Tagging and Editing System for Speech Recognition. In accordance with 35 USC 154, the term for the above referenced patent shall be for a period beginning on the date on which the patent issues and ending 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States. The above referenced U.S. Patent will expire on November 13, 2015. The Company monitors the anticipated outcome of legal actions, and if it determines that the success of the defense of a patent is probable, and so long as the Company believes that the future economic benefit of the patent will be increased, the Company capitalizes external legal costs incurred in the defense of the patent. Upon successful defense of litigation, the amounts previously capitalized are amortized over the remaining life of the patent. On July 7, 2009, Patent No.: US 7,558,730 titled Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 USC 154, the patent shall be for a term beginning on July 7, 2009 and ending 20 years from the application date of November 27, 2001. The patent will expire on November 27, 2021. The deferred fees were capitalized during the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and the Company began amortization. On March 9, 2010 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office declared interference between the Company as Senior Party and Allvoice Developments, US LLC as Junior Party. Due to the absence of a decision by the end of 2010, in the 4 th On May 24, 2011 Patent No. US 7,949,534 was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 USC 154, the patent shall be for a term beginning May 24, 2011 and ending 20 years from the application date of the parent application (US Patent No. #7,558,730) of November 27, 2001. The patent will expire on November 27, 2021. The deferred fees were capitalized during the quarter ended June 30, 2011 and the Company began amortization. On March 6, 2012 Patent No. US 8,131,557 was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 USC 154, the patent shall be for a term beginning March 6, 2012 and ending 20 years from the application date of the parent application (US Patent No. 7,558,730) of November 27, 2001. The patent will expire on November 27, 2021. The deferred fees were capitalized during the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and the Company began amortization. On July 30, 2013 Patent No. US 8,498,871 titled Dynamic Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 USC 154, the patent shall be for a term beginning on July 30, 2013 and ending 20 years from the application date of November 27, 2001. The patent will expire on November 27, 2021. The deferred fees were capitalized during the quarter ended September 30, 2013 and the Company began amortization. On June 27, 2013 the Company filed two additional continuation applications 13/928/381 and 13/928,383 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols. On August 31, 2015 Application No 13/928,381 was abandon by the Company. Deferred costs were charged to operations the quarter ended September 30, 2015. On August 10, 2015 the Company filed a continuation application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols. On September 22, 2015 Patent No. US 9,142,217 titled Dynamic Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.In accordance with 35 USC 154, the patent shall be for a term beginning September 22, 2015 and ending 20 years from the application date of the parent application (US Patent No. 7,558,730) of November 27, 2001. The patent will expire on November 27, 2021. The deferred fees were capitalized during the quarter ended September 30, 2015 and the Company began amortization. Amortization at September 30, 2015 is as follows: SCHEDULE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS September 30, 2015 U.S. Patent # Carrying Value Amortization Balance 5,960,447 $ 63,247 $ 63,247 $ -- 7,558,730 58,277 29,325 28,952 7,949,534 3,365 1,409 1,956 8,131,557 5,092 1,874 3,218 8,498,871 21,114 5,486 15,628 9,142,217 35,068 1,348 33,720 33,720 $ 186,163 $ 102,689 $ 83,474 |