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Note 5 - Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

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5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Patents consisted of the following:

		June 30,  2013				September 30,  2012
Cost		$	350,582			$	358,925
Accumulated amortization			(211,999	)			(200,468	)
		$	138,583			$	158,457

		Nine months ended June 30,
		2013				2012
Amortization expense		$	17,470			$	22,382
Loss on sale or impairment of patents			-				18,205

Each quarter, the Company reviews the ongoing value of its capitalized patent costs and reduces the value if any of its patents are no longer consistent with its business strategy, as noted in the above table.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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