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INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL | INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL The Company’s intangible assets at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 include the following:
Description |  | Estimated Economic Life |  | March 31, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
Developed technologies |  | 10 years |  | $ | 19,382,402 |  |  | $ | 19,382,402 |
License agreements |  | 10 years |  | 510,752 |  | 510,752 |
Customer agreements |  | 1 year |  | 122,885 |  | 122,885 |
Distribution agreements |  | 8 years |  | 19,733 |  | 19,733 |
Trademarks |  | 10 years |  | 7,000 |  |  | 7,000 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  |  | (2,879,542) |  |  | (2,379,091) |
Intangible assets, net |  |  |  | $ | 17,163,230 |  |  | $ | 17,663,681 |
Accumulated amortization as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
Developed technologies | $ | 2,657,757 |  |  | $ | 2,172,594 |
License agreements | 92,780 |  |  | 78,415 |
Customer agreements | 122,885 |  |  | 122,884 |
Distribution agreements | 5,245 |  |  | 4,497 |
Trademarks | 875 |  |  | 701 |
Accumulated amortization | $ | 2,879,542 |  |  | $ | 2,379,091 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, amortization expense related to intangible assets was $500,451 and $568,309, respectively. The Company is party to three license agreements with American Science and Technology Corporation (“AST”), pursuant to which Comstock Innovations agreed to license AST’s intellectual properties for use at three facilities in exchange for three facility-specific license fees of $500,000 each, and a royalty fee equal to 1.0% of the gross revenue of each of the first three licensed facilities. During 2022, the Company paid $500,000 toward the license fees which are recognized as an addition to intangible assets - developed technologies. The Company is also party to a research agreement with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (“Virginia Tech”), and an exclusive license agreement with Virginia Tech’s affiliate, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (“VTIP”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to (i) pay Virginia Tech $438,410 to conduct sponsored research; and (ii) license VTIP’s related intellectual property on a worldwide exclusive basis in exchange for a royalty fee equal to 1.0% of the applicable net sales, subject to a minimum annual royalty of $5,000 per year. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, we paid Virginia Tech $5,800 and $103,258, respectively, for their research. Future minimum amortization expense is as follows at March 31, 2023:
Remainder of 2023 | $ | 1,497,202 |
2024 | 1,993,499 |
2025 | 1,993,499 |
2026 | 1,993,499 |
2027 | 1,993,499 |
Thereafter | 7,692,032 |
| $ | 17,163,230 |
Changes in the intangible assets and goodwill balances for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, are presented below:
|  | As of December 31, 2022 |  | Additions |  | Impairment |  | Amortization |  | As of March 31, 2023
Intangible assets |  | $ | 20,042,772 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 20,042,772 |
Accumulated amortization |  | (2,379,091) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (500,451) |  |  | (2,879,542) |
Total intangible assets and goodwill |  | $ | 17,663,681 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (500,451) |  |  | $ | 17,163,230 |
|  | As of December 31, 2021 |  | Additions |  | Impairment |  | Amortization |  | As of March 31, 2022
Intangible assets |  | $ | 23,514,259 |  |  | $ | 500,000 |  |  | $ | (350,000) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 23,664,259 |
Accumulated amortization |  | (338,958) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (568,309) |  |  | (907,267) |
Goodwill |  | 12,788,671 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 12,788,671 |
Total intangible assets and goodwill |  | $ | 35,963,972 |  |  | $ | 500,000 |  |  | $ | (350,000) |  |  | $ | (568,309) |  |  | $ | 35,545,663 |
All intangibles and goodwill are associated with the Renewable Energy segment. In 2022, the Company fully impaired the goodwill associated with acquisitions in 2021 of $12,788,671 in the renewable energy segment. Our assessment reviewed both qualitative and quantitative factors to value the estimated fair value. The Company fully impaired the goodwill associated with acquisitions in 2021 due to a decrease in the Company's stock price and market capitalization since the acquisition date. Our valuation method incorporated the present value of projected cash flows to calculate the discounted cash flows compared to the guideline for public companies. We compared the fair value as indicated by the discounted cash flows of the reporting unit to the carrying value of the goodwill and recognized a full impairment of goodwill associated with our 2021 acquisitions. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, assets held for sale include a lease intangible with a balance of $3,501,939 which is net of related amortization of $119,548 (see Note 7, Leases).

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