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Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 8. INTANGIBLE ASSETS Intangible assets consisted of the following:
|  | September 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Cost |  | $ | 358,925 |  |  | $ | 458,912 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  | (200,468 | ) |  |  | (232,943 | )
|  | $ | 158,457 |  |  | $ | 225,969 |
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Amortization expense |  | $ | 29,522 |  |  | $ | 31,418 |
Loss on impairment of patents |  |  | 41,621 |  |  |  | 22,551 |
|  | $ | 71,143 |  |  | $ | 53,969 |
Each quarter, the Company reviews the ongoing value of its capitalized patent costs. In the fiscal years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, some of these assets were identified as being associated with patents no longer consistent with the Company’s business strategy. As a result of this review, the Company recorded a loss as shown above from the impairment of patents that were previously capitalized.
Estimated Amortization Expense Years Ended September 30, |  |  |
2013 |  |  | 23,850 |
2014 |  |  | 23,850 |
2015 |  |  | 23,850 |
2016 |  |  | 23,850 |
2017 |  |  | 23,850 |
Thereafter |  |  | 39,207 |
|  | $ | 158,457 |

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