Note 3. Intangible and Fixed Assets | Intangible Assets 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 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 U.S. Patent #5,960,447, Word Tagging and Editing System for Speech Recognition. In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 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 expired on November 13, 2015. On July 7, 2009, U.S. Patent # 7,558,730, entitled Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols, was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 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, or 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, U.S. Patent #7,949,534, entitled Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols, was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 154, the patent shall be for a term beginning May 24, 2011 and ending 20 years from the application date of the parent application (U.S. Patent #7,558,730) of November 27, 2001, or November 27, 2021. The deferred fees were capitalized during the quarter ended June 30, 2011 and the Company began amortization. On March 6, 2012, U.S. Patent #8,131,557, entitled Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols, was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 154, the patent shall be for a term beginning March 6, 2012 and ending 20 years from the application date of the parent application (U.S. Patent #7,558,730) of November 27, 2001, or November 27, 2021. The deferred fees were capitalized during the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and the Company began amortization. On July 30, 2013, U.S. Patent #8,498,871, entitled Dynamic Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols, was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 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, or 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 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, U.S. Patent #9,142,217, entitled Speech Recognition and Transcription Among Users Having Heterogeneous Protocols, was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 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, or November 27, 2021. The deferred fees were capitalized during the quarter ended September 30, 2015 and the Company began amortization. Amortization at March 31, 2016 is as follows: SCHEDULE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS Ended December 31, 2015 U.S. Patent # Carrying Value Amortization Balance 5,960,447 $ 63,247 $ 63,247 $ -- 7,558,730 58,277 30,498 27,779 7,949,534 3,365 1,487 1,878 8,131,557 5,092 2,002 3,090 8,498,871 21,114 6,119 14,995 9,142,217 35,068 2,698 32,370 $ 186,163 $ 106,051 $ 80,112 Ended March 31, 2016 U.S. Patent # Carrying Value Amortization Balance 5,960,447 $ 63,247 $ 63,247 $ -- 7,558,730 58,277 31,671 26,606 7,949,534 3,365 1,565 1,800 8,131,557 5,092 2,133 2,959 8,498,871 21,114 6,752 14,362 9,142,217 35,068 4,047 31,021 $ 186,163 $ 109,415 $ 76,748 Amortization expense totaled $3,364 and $2,017 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the next five years is as follows: SCHEDULE OF FUTURE AMORTIZATION Ending March 31, 2016 2016 10,090 2017 13,454 2018 13,454 2019 13,454 2020 13,454 Thereafter 12,842 Total $ 76,748 Fixed Assets Depreciation expense totaled $184 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT December 31, 2015 December 31, 2014 Computer equipment $ 6,627 $ 6,627 Computer software 3,640 3,640 10,267 10,267 Less accumulated depreciation (9,530) (8,355) Computer software and equipment, net $ 737 $ 1,912 March 31, 2016 March 31, 2015 Computer equipment $ 6,627 $ 6,627 Computer software 3,640 3,640 10,267 10,267 Less accumulated depreciation (9,714) (8,648) Computer software and equipment, net $ 553 $ 1,619 |