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Prepare the necessary entries to clear the Intangible Assets account and to set up separate accounts...

Prepare the necessary entries to clear the Intangible Assets account and to set up separate accounts for distinct types of intangibles. Make the entries as of December 31, 2018, recording any necessary amortization and reflecting all balances accurately as of that date. (Ignore income tax effects.)

P12-2 (LO1,2,4,5) EXCEL (Accounting for Patents) Fields Laboratories holds a valuable patent (No. 758-6002-1A) on a precipitator that prevents certain types of air pollution. Fields does not manufacture or sell the products and processes it develops. Instead, it conducts research and develops products and processes which it patents, and then assigns the patents to manufacturers on a royalty basis. Occasionally it sells a patent. The history of Fields patent number 758-6002-1A is as follows.

Date Activity Cost
2008–2009 Research conducted to develop precipitator

$384,000

Jan. 2010 Design and construction of a prototype

87,600

March 2010 Testing of models

42,000

Jan. 2011 Fees paid engineers and lawyers to prepare patent application; patent granted June 30, 2011

59,500

Nov. 2012 Engineering activity necessary to advance the design of the precipitator to the manufacturing stage

81,500

Dec. 2013 Legal fees paid to successfully defend precipitator patent

42,000

April 2014 Research aimed at modifying the design of the patented precipitator

43,000

July 2018 Legal fees paid in unsuccessful patent infringement suit against a competitor

34,000

Fields assumed a useful life of 17 years when it received the initial precipitator patent. On January 1, 2016, it revised its useful life estimate downward to 5 remaining years. Amortization is computed for a full year if the cost is incurred prior to July 1, and no amortization for the year if the cost is incurred after June 30. The company's year ends December 31.

Instructions

Compute the carrying value of patent No. 758-6002-1A on each of the following dates:

(a)December 31, 2011.

(b)December 31, 2015.

(c)December 31, 2018.

Solutions

Expert Solution

SOLUTION:

(a)

Costs to obtain patent Jan. 2011 ................... $59,500
2011 amortization ($59,500 ÷ 17) .................... (3,500)
Carrying value, 12/31/11 ................................. $56,000

All costs incurred prior to January 2011 are related to research and development activities and were expensed as incurred in accordance with GAAP.

(b)

1/1/12 carrying value of patent ....................................... $56,000
2012 amortization ($59,500 ÷ 17) .................................... $3,500
2013 amortization ............................................................ 3,500 (7,000)
49,000
Legal fees to defend patent 12/13 .................................. 42,000
Carrying value, 12/31/13 ................................................. 91,000
2014 amortization ($91,000 ÷ 14) .................................... 6,500
2015 amortization ............................................................ 6,500 (13,000)
Carrying value, 12/31/15 ................................................. $78,000

The costs incurred in 2012 and 2014 are related to research and development activities and are expensed as incurred.

(c)

1/1/16 carrying value ....................................................... $78,000
2016 amortization ($78,000 ÷ 5) ...................................... $15,600
2017 amortization ............................................................ 15,600
2018 amortization ............................................................ 15,600 (46,800)
Carrying value, 12/31/18 ................................................. $31,200

The legal costs in 2018 were expensed because the suit was unsuccessful.


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