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INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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INTANGIBLE ASSETS | NOTE 4 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS This represents legal fees and patent fees associated with the prosecution of patent applications. The Company has recorded amortization expenses on the Spacer and Chromophore patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in February 2011, April 2011 and September 2012, which are amortized over its legal life of 20 years and Chromophore patent granted by the Australian Patent Office in November 2012 which is amortized over their legal life of 20 years. Certain patent applications are abandoned by the Company when the claims are covered by patents already granted to the Company. Patent applications abandoned have been written off at full capitalized cost. No amortization expense has been recorded on the remaining patent applications since patents have yet to be granted. Once the patents are granted, the cost of the patents will be amortized over their legal lives, which is generally 20 years. Patents consists of the following:
|  | December 31, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012 |
Patents |  | $ | 579,235 |  |  | $ | 509,360 |
Less: Accumulated amortization |  |  | 35,695 |  |  |  | 20,834 |
|  | $ | 543,540 |  |  | $ | 488,526 |
Amortization expense for the years ending December 31, 2013 and 2012 was $14,861 and $12,151. Expense for abandoned patents for claims covered by patents already granted to the Company are recorded in research and development expenses and for the years ending December 31, 2013 and 2012 were $0 and $13,675.

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